icerigger

If the icerigger hit the ramp at the wrong angle, it could fly off in any direction, including straight toward them.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

The underside of the icerigger was perfectly flat, since there was no water for it to cut through.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

They couldn't return to the humanx settlement of Brass Monkey until Hunnar's crew, the sailors and soldiers of the icerigger Slanderscree, finished their reveling.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

It was not a technique anyone wished to employ again since it could just as easily result in the destruction of the icerigger as in its safe passage to the southern ice sheet.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

There was no mistaking the icerigger for any other ship on Tran-ky-ky.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

As he spoke, the smaller of the two craft edged close to the icerigger while its larger companion hovered well out of range.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

The icerigger sailed on through an ocean of flag-waving spikes.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

All he had to do to collect a week's worth of specimens was drag a collecting net alongside the speeding icerigger for ten minutes.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

A few minutes later both men could make out the sleek arrowhead shape of the icerigger racing toward the ridge at high speed.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

As it was, by the time they were ready to leave, the icerigger was almost bursting.

The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987