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THE WORTHiNGTON GLACiER NEAR VALDEZ, ALASKA
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iNCREDiBLE BACK COUNTRY!
Yeah Man!
OH MY GOD!
LET’S GET OUT OF HERE!
GUN iT!
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HELP!
YOU OKAY? Yeah. i’ll Make it.
i’m Coming!
MY SLED’S TOTALLED. LAST TiME I LET YOU TAKE ME OUT FOR SOME FUN--
WHOA!
WHAT iS
THAT?
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25-08-2010 PM 11:17:04
I HAVE NO iDEA BUT...
...THiS iS NO JOKE!
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tHE CLAWS OF THE DRAGON CULT HEADQUARTERS, SOMEWHERE iN CHiNA <AT LAST--WE HAVE FOUND iT.>
<THE LONG-LOST, FABLED BEAR PAGODA.>*
*TRANSLATED FROM CHiNESE.
<THE MONKS WHO BUiLT THAT Pagoda MASTERED MANY LONG-LOST DiSCiPLiNES... FiGHTiNG TECHNiQUES, MARTiAL ARTS WE HAVE ONLY DREAMED OF.>
<THiS iS A FiND OF iMMENSE HiSTORiCAL SiGNiFiCANCE. THE CHiNESE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CARE TO PROTECT iT’S HERiTAGE.> <THE AMERiCANS WiLL MOVE QUiCKLY, TO CLAiM THESE TREASURES FOR THEMSELVES...>
<…SO iT FALLS TO US TO SEiZE WHAT iS RiGHTFULLY OURS.>
<NOT YET.>
<PREPARE TO MOVE OUT.>
<TO ALASKA, WOO KAi?>
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SEATTLE, WASHiNGTON
THESE ARE TOUGH ECONOMiC TiMES, TOM...
...MAY I CALL YOU TOM?
OF COURSE, MiSS. PLEASE--iT’S BECKY. iNCLUDiNG JOURNALiSTS, I’D iMAGiNE.
YOU’RE NOT WRONG. I COULD SURE USE A GOOD STORY, WHiCH iS WHY i’M HERE. TOURiSM iS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE SEATTLE AREA--YET YOUR MARKET’S BUSiNESS HAS ACTUALLY iNCREASED OVER THE PAST SiX MONTHS.
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LiKE I SAiD HARD TiMES FOR EVERYONE.
SPiLL, TOM. WHAT’S THE SECRET OF YOUR SUCCESS?
WELL, MiSS BECKY...
GO OUTSiDE iNTO THE CONCOURSE AND ENJOY THE SHOW.
...i’LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
25-08-2010 PM 11:17:07
LOOK! iT’S TiME!
HERE HE COMES!
it’s Him.
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