Hostage

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Genres: Fiction
It was the morning of the next day and, after leaving their camp before dawn, Alpha Force had successfully completed the first part of their journey. They had reached the river that would lead them to the mine.
Alex sighed. 'Amber, I've been down and checked it. I even used the ice drill. That ice is at least a metre thick.' 'Yeah, but the ice in Hudson Bay was really thin—' 'Forget Hudson Bay! That was seawater. The salt in seawater means it has a much lower freezing point than freshwater. And
... what sort of water do we have in the river?' 'Freshwater,' muttered Amber.
'Plus,' continued Alex, 'temperatures are much lower here than they were on the coast.' 'What's the hold-up?' called Li, behind them. She was standing up on her snowmobile, anxious to move on.
'Nothing!' called Alex. 'Listen,' he said to Amber in a lower voice. 'That river surface has been frozen solid for weeks now. OK?' 'OK,' said Amber, but her fingers dug into Alex's shoulders hard enough to make him wince.
'Hey, ease off,' he said.
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