Chapter 4 - Asymmetrical Terrain Defense. Water and ice always seek bedrock support.
"Look at the moraine on the right!" Mason shouted, pointing into the swirling vortex of white snow. "The lateral moraine forms an elevated spine where the ice is packed against granite boulders! It will hold our track weight! Steer hard right into the rocks!"
"We'll shred the rubber treads!"
"If we don't, she dies!" Mason yelled. "Hit the rocks, Javier!"
Diaz roared a curse, hauled the yoke to the starboard stop, and punched the throttle. The vehicle lurched violently, climbing the steep, boulder-strewn ridge of dark granite. The tracks shrieked in mechanical agony as sharp stone tore into rubber, but the frozen shelf held. The Hägglunds surged over the crest and plunged down into the lower glacial depression.
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Through the blizzard, a flickering orange beacon suddenly cut through the gloom.
Half-buried in a massive drift of snow, twenty yards from the jagged lip of a bottomless crevasse, lay the shattered fuselage of a twin-engine executive transport.
