For millions of years the fracturcd icecap
tested its weight against the unyielding
mountains that reared within its mass,
aud the mountains held, stemming the
march of the ice to the sea. But then,
inevitably, the nrountains gave way, and
eight thousand cubic miles of the Autarc-
tie ieecap, weighing millions upon mil-
lions of tons, slipped over the contincntal
shelf into dcep water to begin a slow but
inexorable journey northward.
For the first nine months of its life, the
indestructible mcnace moved unseen and
undetected beneath the desolate wastes
of the South Atlantic. Then, suddenly, it
triggered a succcssion of appalling dis-
asters that raised, until the last moment,
the terrifying specter of World War
Three.
For the two scientists who first sus-
pected the titanic iceberg s existence, Glen
Sherwood and Julia Hammond, it brought
personal tragedy and a Bitter figbt for
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