Two for One-Relatively Speaking by Sean David Wright

Author:Sean David Wright [Wright, Sean David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B004YTI3IE
Published: 2011-04-29T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

As promised in the vacation materials Katie had received the Samoans included their guests in virtually every aspect of day to day life at the research station. For the next two days Danielle, Katie and the Henshaws were taken out to drill for ice cores and then taught how to analyze those cores when they were brought back to the laboratory; they were taken on excursions that brought them even closer to Mt. Erebus to check up on the data-gathering equipment the Samoans had in place there; were taken on a thrilling expedition to explore a nearby and visually stunning ice cavern; were taught how to operate the dog sled and, much to Flo’s delight, spent a few hours one day helping the Samoans study the members of an Adelie penguin colony. And despite the trauma of the Seal Snot incident Danielle joined Laila on a few more trips to visit the Weddells whose low numbers were still of concern.

“Something’s up,” Max had told Danielle and Katie when the women returned to the station after one of the visits to the seal grounds to find him, as usual, in his room. They had told him, though he didn’t care, how puzzled Laila was by the dwindling size of the colony.

“You know how it is with animals: they can sense things we humans can’t, right? Like when that idiot Pelham starts whimpering right before a thunderstorm? Mark my words: those seals have received a telegram from Mother Nature and are hightailing it outta here. And yet what do we humans do? What do we representatives of the most advanced species on Earth do? We keep our cabooses parked right next to a volcano.” He shook his head.

“Oh stop it,” Katie had chided. “Personally I just think the seals are maybe tired of this place and are looking for someplace new.”

Max had stared at her, one eyebrow cocked.

“Lemme get this straight,” he said, “the one seal expert in this joint has no idea why the seals are packing up but you have the answer?”

“All I’m saying, my love, is that I’m sure the mystery of the seals will prove to have a reasonable and harmless explanation.”

“And all I’m saying, my love,” Max rejoined, “is that you are a moron.”

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