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Antarktos Rising (Chapters 20-40) Flashcards

1
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while trying to cross street in texas mira bumped into a

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limp child with its mother

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2
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had mira voted for the president

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no

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3
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what was president’s name

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james

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4
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what was president wearing

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jeans and a budweiser tshirt

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5
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what odd thing was in the large room with the president

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a bowling lane

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6
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what did james and mira both agree on with bowling

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that they dont like to lose

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the president believed that prolonged silences

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reveal peoples weaknesses or greatest strengths

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8
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what did the president think miras traits were

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determined, resourceful, strongwilled,

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9
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how many of the states were destroyed

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40 of the 50

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10
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what other countries were out of the picture

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canada japan and most of europe we had more foes than friends left

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11
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how thick is the crust

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20 miles think under land 6 miles thick under ocean and it floats on the mantle

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12
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whose theory was it that this could happen to the crust

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hopgood 1958

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13
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examples hopgood gave

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coral in newfoundland this is more than tectonic shit

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14
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1513 map of antarctica

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piri reis from a turkish admiral and maybe even from 4th bc or earlier

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15
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what was the map combined with

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high resolution satellite images

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16
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what happened supported hapgood theory but hapgood thought

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it would have been even worse

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17
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noahs flood was how long ago

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5000 6000 or 12000 years, hapgood said crust displacement every 12000 years

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18
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how did hapgood say this could happen

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orbit, slight wobble, ice accumulation, throw balance off new poles

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19
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what degree did orbit change

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40 degrees

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20
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the n pole was now near

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n dakota

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21
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antarctica rose how many feet

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20

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22
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what happened to other sciencetists on antarctica

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no word from mcmurdo or voslok

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23
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antartica is roughly the size of

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n america and now green fertile and available

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24
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how was antartica going to be won

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a good old fashioned race, first 3 countries each get a piece, start on ice shelf and go forth 1000 miles of uncharted territoty dealing with the oter teams with no laws it would be won with speed, stealth and better intel

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25
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how long after his distress call did help arrive for clark

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6 weeks

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26
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how were they getting to antarctica where were they stopping

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brazil chile clarks camp then ice shelf to start, refuel in aircraft carriers along the way

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27
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how long from texas to start of race

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2 days

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28
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where did they leave from in texas

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sheppard air force base in texas in 11 3 person teams

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29
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why was Brazil so helpful

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they didnt want China, the ARab Alliance ot the Soviets to win

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30
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had mira ever run into trouble in her life efore

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a mountian lion in california and a scorpian in the mojave which is why she always carried a knife

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31
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when Ferrell would close her eyes it was called a

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Kat Nap

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32
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what gun did wright carry

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xm29

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33
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why did mira resemble an amazon warrior

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dark skin and blond hair with a gun

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34
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code name for Cruz

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cerberus

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35
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code name for wright

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phoenix

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36
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Wright was dragged into the air in the jungle by

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a seprent or a vine that looked like a serpent

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37
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British Special forces guy

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Ian Jacobson

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38
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satellite wasnt all that helpful becuase the

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canopy blocked out the detail from the satellit

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39
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what could you see on the peri Reis map

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the s coast of africa to antarctica

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40
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mira’s husband

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samuel whitney who died a year ago. he was robbed and shot

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41
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how long were merrill and mira given to work out their problems

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2 hours before the race.

42
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chinese team leaders

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General Zhou Kuan Yin and his son Zhou Lei

43
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why did the chinese stay in a perfect line

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to intimidate the human competition; they felt intimidation worked well in battles

44
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what did the chinese tink would hapen to the americans

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that they would get thinned out by the soviets

45
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china wanted who else to win

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the soviets

46
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what early mistake did the chinese make

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to have the ranks hold their position in 96 degree humid weather in uniforms dehydrated

47
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what did the chinese leader say to his son

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call me father again and i will shoot you

48
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mira and merrills opinion on death penalty

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merill opposed it; mira felt societycant pay and should jst do it and move on; merril believed even murderes could find salvation

49
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what was san killed over

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a wathc which is why mira started carrying a 9mm

50
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why was vesuvious helpful

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hair would rise, sense things earlied, merrill started too he could feel blood pressure rise behind his ear

51
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merrill told mira that people were

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he least of their worries now

52
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what did merrill foind by the wall of stones

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a man and dinosaur fossil with a polished blade buried in the dinosaur chest it was a crylophosaurus

53
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how bug were the human fossils they were finding

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10’ 3” and 14’ 5” a race of giants crylos might have been designed to be freeze dried but true humans not so much

54
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the day after merrill found the fossils what did he see

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three fresh footprints with 3 clawed digits and a 4th at the back

55
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wht did merrill take from dig

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the blade

56
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what did ahmed aziz believe

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that god loved the middle east as it now had become a prime fertile valley (but how could he explain that so did Israel?) Jihad could still reclaim Israel

57
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describe the contingent from the Asian Alliance

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15x2 cells with explosives. they wanted the asian alliance to be the sole winner

58
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how was abduls family at home killed

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by a bomb meant for saddam hussein; would his eagerness to kil make him less effective?

59
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adjective to describe chinese

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stoic

60
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adjective to describe brazilians

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chatty

61
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describe american team

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acted casually but were vigilant

62
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merrill and mira found themselves alone and

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trapped against a 25 foot wall, merrill prayed mira took sword and gave her father the 9mm she always carried she took the rope tied it to one end of the sword , the animals were chrging they used rope to get over as traps sprung

63
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define machete

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xxnoun

a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.

a tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body.

64
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russian who was liek ferrell

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duscha popova; not part of military was just there to help russians get ahead; trained by same man as ferrell

65
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what did popova see and smell

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20 ft statues and the smell of rotting flesh and 20 pairs of eyes of killed baby dinosaurs she had some reverence whatver killed them was a hunter like her

66
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what did wright want merrirll to leave behind

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the sword but merrill still took part of it and switched it out for something that was in the utility belt that merrill gave him; got rid of machete this blade had ancient text on it and he wasnt going to leave this proof of civilization

67
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what karate move came in handy for mira

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a flying kick

68
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contrast abdul and his father

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abdul felt america was evil, abduls father was a peace loving man but was in the wrong place at wrong time during desert storm his moter fled Iraq to Pakistan and became radicalized

69
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what was al aziz an exper t in

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explosives

70
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the chinese felt that the 15’ path they cleared would eventually be

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a freeway, they worked in a line, every to mintues the 15 in front bearing the brunt would be sent to the back

71
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wen the chinese stopped how did the general feel

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angry. was ready to kill his son for not leading effectively. he was in the center of the circle. those in front knelled , those next stood behind he wondered if lei was gone or had deserted them; shou was mad he knew that e other teams were far away

72
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what did the general see

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casualties without shots fired, men headless and quartered with attackers that came from above perhaps his son was appropriate and brave now he aimed for vengenance

73
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describe crylo

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therapods, hunt/prey, serratd teeth, group attackers not solitary, forearm 3 razor sharp claws

74
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what happened to ferrells arm

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nicked by a snoper shot from popova

75
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how did ferrell knw it was from popova

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homemade bullet

76
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Ian Jacobsen wanted to be

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first to the goal and prepare on how to handle therest

77
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would strange creature did Ian see in Europe

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Loch Ness Monster

78
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describe the birds they found over the carcass

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penguin ostrich cross breed

79
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what annoyed Jacobsen about the Frenchman

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he always wanted to eat

80
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when they came to the immense lake there was a temperature drop why

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because the lake was formed from glacial water

81
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define cacophany

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xxnoun, plural cacophonies.

harsh discordance of sound; dissonance:
a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.

a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds:
the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.

Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

82
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describe strange mountain formation

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goose neck

83
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what was the fastest way to gooseneck

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across the lake

84
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what was wrights other nickname

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boy scout

85
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what did wright have in his backbacl to help with the lake

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folded oars becuase he saw lake on satellie photo, he also had an inflatable raft and put socks on Vesuvius paws with electrical tape so he would not pierce raft

86
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ferrill hit a crylo with a sniper shot to help merrill and mira and had gone off to deal with popova wh kept hoping she would get back soon

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merrill

87
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with all that had happened to him merrill faith had not changed mira was intereste d to ask him later about

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how he could reconcile history and the bibe she knew that she would never see Sam again and wathced her father cling to hope that she could just not understand

88
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the ssound of lapping water on the boat turned to a

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gurgling from the depths

89
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popovs missed ferrell but the explosion ripped her iding place to shreds then ferrell found this formation

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mound of tall carved stones 30 feet high near a quarry.

90
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ferrell just slowly waitied popova out becuase she knew that popova was

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not patient; ferrell was methodical popova was swift; ferrell was going to wear down popovas patience

91
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ferrell aka kat had a

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sixth sense like in the way she dosged the bullet or knew what mira was thinking

92
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with popova the light shifted, there was a shadow and blocked light from above, she did the worst thing and

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fired and ran out of ammunition. the animal took a bullet but was still standing, popova was screaming and crushed. ferrell stayed frozen and allowed popova to shoot

93
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after popova was shot ferrel

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leapt from tree top to tree top with her legendary agility

94
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the old name for antarctica

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antarktos

95
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ice served as a protective barrier to natural phenomena for

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12000 years

96
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the mythological stories and map not just mathced the geography but were

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acurrate about the wall and the city on th eother side right down to the size of the foot on the map

97
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in the lake there were suddenly oblong creatures that looked like torpedos the boat was bumped frm belowl mira was scared merrill said hold fire tey are

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seals

98
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name they gave the large bull seal

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argus

99
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jacobsen maintained aim but could not find a target as he heard sandpaper through trees and told the frenchman to shhh the mistake they made was

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they left the rear unguarded

100
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the largest 30ft dinosuar was behind jacobsen and he ate

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the frnchman who was covered in blood

101
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how did jacobsen kill the dinosaaur

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with a grenade that the dinosaur ate he ran fast then bathed get the lood specks smell off of him

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