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Chirikof Isl<strong>and</strong>.Isl<strong>and</strong> near the Aleutians where three thous<strong>and</strong> sea lions <strong>and</strong> five fishermen are killed<br />

by the acoustic waves.<br />

Cochran, Thomas.The Gladiator's carpenter. Survives the raft <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>s on the isl<strong>and</strong>, later leaves<br />

<strong>with</strong> Scaggs <strong>and</strong> returns to Engl<strong>and</strong>. Prefers the company of men. Dies when the Zanzibar sinks in the<br />

South China Sea in 1867.<br />

Colored gemstones.Dorsett Consolidated controls eighty percent of the world market. Including<br />

rubies, emeralds, sapphires, topaz, tourmaline <strong>and</strong> amethyst along <strong>with</strong> tsavorite, red beryl or red<br />

emerald <strong>and</strong> the Mexican fire opal.<br />

Commodore Isl<strong>and</strong> (Komnndorskiye Ostrova).. Isl<strong>and</strong> off the Commonwealth of Independent<br />

States that is one corner of the Acoustic Convergence. Located off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the<br />

Bering Sea.<br />

Converse Garret.Hollywood actor <strong>and</strong> box-office action hero. Aboard his ship, the Tz'u-hsi, when it<br />

is hit by an acoustic wave.<br />

Cross-shaft.A method of determining latitude devised by the ancient mariners. With one end of a<br />

shaft held to the eye, a crosspiece is calibrated by sliding it back <strong>and</strong> forth until one end fits exactly<br />

between either the star or sun <strong>and</strong> the horizon. The angle of latitude is then read on notches carved on the<br />

staff. Once the angle is established, the mariner is able by crude reckoning to establish a rough latitude<br />

<strong>with</strong>out using published tables for reference.<br />

Crutcher.One of the Dorsett security guards on Kunghit Isl<strong>and</strong>. Described as a cold-faced, arrogant<br />

young man of no more than twenty-six or twenty-seven.<br />

Dancing Dorothy.The Bermuda ketch found by <strong>Pitt</strong>, Giordino <strong>and</strong> Fletcher on the Tits. Her<br />

upperworks are painted a light blue <strong>with</strong> orange undersides. Was owned by Rodney York, who<br />

wrecked her on the rocks off the Tits.<br />

Danger Isl<strong>and</strong>s.Three small isl<strong>and</strong>s that are little more than pinnacles of exposed rocks near mainl<strong>and</strong><br />

Antarctica. They lie near the Drake Passage. Site where <strong>Pitt</strong> finds the Polar Queen <strong>and</strong> saves it from

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