It was around 5 am when Roland woke the rest of the team. The chopper had reached its destination, a small rocky bluff than ran into the side of a receding glacier. This area for the most part was still relatively icy. But the in-crouching vegetation and warm weather was rapidly dispelling the once polar realm. There was only 5 of them Roland, Diana, Liliana, Mathew and Tia. They were here for two reasons, collect soil samples and determine the sonar anomaly beneath the glacier.
Tia was amazed at the scenery, and even more so by how quickly Antartica was becoming habitable. Roland wasn't as easily awed, he wanted to hurry up and guide the team to their destination so he could collect hes pay and move on to his next job as a guide. Tia's long red hair swayed playfully in the breeze and Mathew was enthralled, he had been studying her extensively and was worried he may be falling for her. Liliana had been irritated since she joined this expedition, she felt the team was under qualified and inexperienced and felt Roland was an ass, she might as well been alone. And Diana was transfixed with her sensors and research equipment, and not surprisingly was the first to notice an irregularity...