Second Session Notes

I knew a day in advance that Pamela wouldn't be making it, as she had a seminar that she had to attend. Dan did not make it either, which is currently worrisome, as we've not heard from him. We've left messages on his mobile and via email.

Dan, if you are reading this and we have not been in contact, please do contact us and let us know that you are alive and well.

Julia Styles wanted to go to the sailors' dive, The Purple Cup. Professor St. John Pembroke and Damon Carlsson both thought that Damon should go. When Julia said that would both go, St. John suggested that she might attract a lot of attention in such a place.

Julia: Very well, we will arrive safely. You will ask questions, and I will attract attention.

The press asked Professor Pembroke about his service in the Great War. He was annoyed in an understated way.

Professor Pembroke: We shot them; they shot us. We shot them; they shot us. Then, we shot each other some more, and it got cold.

Press: So, you think your experiences in the Great War prepared you for Antarctica?

Pembroke: Only if I have to see someone's limbs get amputated.

Later:

Pembroke (dryly): Yes, we had a fabulous time on the Western Front.

Press: Mrs. Styles, how did your husband die? Was it on one of your expeditions?

Julia: No, as you would know if you had done your research. He died of a heart attack, shortly before we were to go on an expedition.

Press: A sort of second honeymoon?

Julia: No.

Headline: No Second Honeymoon for Famed Explorer!

Julia: I went on the expedition without him. It's what he would have wanted.

Headline: Her Husband Was Scarcely Cold, But She Carried On His Dream

Press: What do you think of your rival?

(Dave or Julian: You mean Captain Starkweather?)

Julia: I wish her all the best. After all, perhaps with four women going on expeditions on a regular basis, eventually the public will cease to be surprised taht women can take the rigors of such travel.