Chapter 3We stood silently and looked outintothe blue ice surface. Flakes of snow flew by and smacked our Arcticjackets and our faces. With my gloved hands I wiped my Arctic mask. “There’s one more thing,” Cajunsaid. “Oh, shucks! There’s always onemore thing, isn’t there?” “Sometimes it seems that way. When Iarrived and started investigating, I assumed the cataclysmic eventthat caused the ice age happened hundreds of years ago. Now I’mchanging my mind. Logan, I don’t think that event occurred hundredsof years ago. Or even a year ago. Whatever did this, it was donerelatively recently. Two months. Maybe a month ago.” I frowned. I looked around, but therewas nothing to see. “Cajun, my respected colleague. Evenwith my limited knowledge of advanced science, I know that’simpossible. If this