title: Secrets of the Ice Age: The world of the cave artists
author:  Evan Hadingham 
description: Secrets of the Ice Age.The world of the cave artists.Copyright 1979 with 342 pages by Evan Hadingham.
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  ICE CAVE
  
  
  
  
  
  Toby J. Nichols
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright 2020 by Toby J Nichols
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  The view from the camp on Mount Erebus was stunning. There was no other way to
  describe it. The world was sharp white and crisp blue. The air was cold enough
  to cut Saxon Smith’s lungs with each breath. After two days acclimatizing to
  the thinner air, he was ready for a new challenge—the descent into the ice
  caves. But he wanted to take in every moment of the view because once inside,
  the only thing he’d be seeing was rock and ice.
  
  
  He was hoping to find life.
  
  
  This expedition could be what took his life from unrecognized lab assistant to
  feted researcher—like Brian Meyer. He’d been to Antarctica so many times he
  didn’t care about the view. He chatted about previous expeditions as if they
  were nothing. He didn’t seem to care