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survival-and-rescue
The protagonists conduct a rescue operation to retrieve Sax, who has been immobilized for days due to lack of emergency fuel and environmental hazards.
1 chapter across 1 book
Red Mars (1992)Kim Stanley Robinson
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The chapter describes a rescue mission where the protagonists find Sax stranded near a disabled rover on a piste west of a flooded Lakefront. Sax recounts the catastrophic flooding caused by a thermal event at the Low Point mohole, which created a mushroom-cloud-like plume and complex thermodynamic effects on the water and atmosphere. The group prepares to continue their journey while dealing with the aftermath of the environmental disaster.