FORTY-SEVEN
"Hi, this is Jean Pennant from McMurdo. Can I speak to Shelley, your Chief Meteorologist, please?" Jean waited for the woman at the other end to send someone searching for Shelley, but instead his call was transferred almost immediately.
"Hello, this is Shelley," she answered on the second ring. "Hello?"
"Ah, this is Jean Pennant. I'm a biologist. I was at Davis at the beginning of the season before heading out to Heard Island." He felt silly being such a coward and not blurting out his questions straight away, but he couldn't risk pissing the woman off and not getting any answers.
Her tone turned wary. "I remember you. Audra's roommate." A dangerous pause stretched before she added, "So, how is she?"
Jean sucked in a breath and blew it out. "She broke her arm."
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