The Base car sped across the surface of the ice. Through the glass, Sean Knight saw a penguin wobbling its way back from the seaside in the distance.
He lifted the little penguin up to the window so it could see its kind in the distance.
The little penguin did not cry out with surprise as Sean Knight had imagined. Instead, it looked on curiously, then turned its head to glance at Sean Knight before burrowing into his embrace, peeking out, and gazing outward again.
Sean Knight guessed it meant to express that it did not want to leave him.
It didn't matter. He might as well treat it as a pet.
The Base car made a large circle and drove to the icebreaking ship.
The crew left behind on the icebreaking ship obviously felt the vibrations on the ice surface. Although they didn't know the specifics, they had already sent people to investigate and met up with the Base car coming from the other direction, less than one kilometer from the big ship.
