The Eastern route they had taken had come to a dead end. With three
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days'walk back to the fork to find Arne Saknussemm's original
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route, they found their water rations were limited to one day.
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Knowing their only change of finding water was on that route, they
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set off for the fork and there finally they fell almost lifeless on
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the third day. After sleep, they continued down the other tunnel in
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their quest for water, and whilst searching on his own, Hans, the
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guide, heard the sound of water thundering behind a granite wall,
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and, with a pick axe, attacked the wall so as to allow a stream of
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boiling water to enter and cool in their tunnel. Not only had they
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found life in the water but they had also found a flowing guide to
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the Centre of the Earth. They called the stream the Hansbach.
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Narration 2
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Rick Wakeman |