Chapter 2I was standing outside at theentranceto our base on Sandeling. But there was nothing to see onSandeling.It’s an ice world. Ten feet of snow, a dark sky, icy winds andswirling snow was all there was in view. Minus 80 on this piece ofmiserable frozen real estate. And this was one of our better days.Itwas 150 below at the poles, and the winds howled even fiercerthere.Or so I had been told — I wasn’t going to check it out myself.
I had the blue thermal suit on andcontinually gave a cheer for science. The thin blue coating over myskin allowed me to stay at 75 degrees. Even so, I still wore thebeige Arctic winter coat. It was almost impossible to tear or rip athermal suit, but I wasn’t going to take any chances.
Even with the suit, I didn’t darebreathe. The cold air would frost my lun
