In this chapter, Will and Lyra have a face-off about who is the best and most serious at deceiving people, then enjoy a couple of films at a cinema to lay low in Will’s Oxford. Once night has fallen and they can pass back through the window, they return to the safe, reassuring arms of Citigazze. But a piercing scream soon shatters the calm warm night air of their new home…

Join us as we discuss optimal amounts of slack, Iain goes on a punning rAMPage and Amy gets obsessive about the Zaire leopard.

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Here is the link to the fascinating article on melting permafrost and viruses - thank you Kathi for drawing our attention to this!

The Thaw is the film that we couldn’t quite remember the name of, where a virus attacks scientists in a remote arctic research station.

Here is the (highly photographed) and picturesque square that we think Pullman refers to in this chapter.

Fancy searching for the Alaskan window in our world? Here are the GPS coordinates that John Parry gets from Matt Kigalik, and here is the location of Lookout ridge. Or click here for a map with both points marked on it. Good luck!

You learn more about the ‘ghost ship’ SS Baychimo in this article, including some pictures of people on the boat itself on one of it’s last sightings.

If you are also intrigued by the mystery of the Zaire Leopard, then you can check out a potted history of Zaire here, more on the werecat myths here or read about some more about the dictator Mobutu Sese Soko here.

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