Wednesday, January 9, 2013

The Subtle Knife濂ョ鍖曢_039

tion,foamposites for cheap. The first story told of the departure of an expedition to the north of Alaska. The expedition was sponsored by the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford University, and it was going to survey an area in which they hoped to find evidence of early human settlements. It was accompanied by John Parry, late of the Royal Marines, a professional explorer.
The second story was dated six weeks later. It said briefly that the expedition had reached the North American Arctic Survey Station at Noatak in Alaska.
The third was dated two months after that. It said that there had been no reply to signals from the Survey Station, and that John Parry and his companions were presumed missing.
There was a brief series of articles following that one, describing the parties that had set out fruitlessly to look for them,cheap foamposites, the search flights over the Bering Sea, the reaction of the Institute of Archaeology, interviews with relatives…
His heart thudded, because there was a picture of his own mother,coach outlet canada. Holding a baby. Him.
The reporter had written a standard tearful-wife-waiting-in-anguish-for-news story, which Will found disappointingly short of actual facts. There was a brief paragraph saying that John Parry had had a successful career in the Royal Marines and had left to specialize in organizing geographical and scientific expeditions, and that was all.
There was no other mention in the index, and Will got up from the microfilm reader baffled. There must be some more information somewhere else; but where could he go next? And if he took too long searching for it, he'd be traced…
He handed back the rolls of microfilm and asked the librarian, "Do you know the address of the Institute of Archaeology, please,Homepage?"
"I could find out… What school are you from?"
"St. Peter's," said Will.
"That's not in Oxford, is it?"
"No, it's in Hampshire. My class is doing a sort of residential field trip. Kind of environmental study research skills."
"Oh, I see. What was it you wanted?… Archaeology?… Here we are."
Will copied down the

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