And I thought I could link to it directly, but I guess not. So, it is here. Maybe if you are in a doctor's office, or stranded on the side of the road with nothing but a laptop and a wi-fi connection, it would be worth looking at. Comments welcome, particularly if you are Canadian, super-particularly if you live north of the Arctic Circle. I do not like the simile in the first sentence at all, and will soon change it.
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"It was the mother of all ammaniq, an opening in the sea-ice. This one laid bare the whole of Northern Canada like a too-short skirt."
Nothing like northern hemispherical topography-cunt! Ha!
It seems to be the future, judging from...something. 2200? Is Natar a native canadian? And he works border customs? (good call, not naming him Frank Turner or Jack Blade or something)
Are you native canadian?
Anyway, I've heard precious little of Canada or the polar regions in sci-fi or thriller stories, this is fresh to me.
Is he using a powered delta-wing in this chapter? Or is it a Rocketeer-backpack? I couldn't quite tell.
I hope they are kind of alone out there, no going into cities and safety, just a once-a-month 'mail and provisions'-Catalina or something. Hot coffee after drizzling morning patrol. "Something has to be done about those Caribous eating our turnip crops. That's all we got, 'cept the grub HQ sends us."
Mmm...
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I've never even been to Canada, but I think polar regions are incredibly interesting places.
Natar (Ammaq is his last name, but I haven't gotten there yet) is Inuit, and a Canadian Ranger.
And finally, I was thinking of a bit more advanced version of this. Only without the fuselage. I'll have to make that clearer.
The twenty third century is way too far ahead for this story. I don't know when, exactly, it takes place; in the real world we've probably got until 2050 or thereabouts before the Arctic ice cap disappears in the summer. For reference, though, Natar's grandfather, who will probably show up later, would be alive right now, serving with Canadian Forces in Afghanistan.
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I liked it, though I think the heavy metaphor slows it down alot.
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Could you expand on that a bit?
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The Story shows promise Sol. Two Inuit National Guardsmen were found dead some years back. They had been killed in such a way that some military people believed that they may have stumbled onto a Soviet Speznats Intelligence gathering unit.(this was before the fall of the Soviet Union) If you like I'll try to find out some details for you. It might help in the story development.
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One could ask that about any number of stories Snay.
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Is this the story about you, the mexican hooker, the starter pistol and the ASPCA? Cause, man, that was sick...
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