Re: AW: Icy blast from the past

[Brian Switek <evogeek@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Adrienne Mayor <mayor@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> Can we predict that many more "queer" and astounding partially preserved 
> "monsters" will emerge from the melting glaciers  in the arctic and antarctic 
> regions in coming years? perhaps even plesiosaurs and/or other Cretaceous 
> remains, which will probably be identified by local discoverers as "sea 
> serpents" and the like?

I couldn't say, but that does sound very much like the plot of the
recent horror novel Terminal Freeze. I reviewed the book here -
http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2009/04/book_review_terminal_freeze.php

Best wishes,

Brian
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