I wasn’t sure why. I just wanted to know generally where we were on the moon. But when I saw the figures that Sato had cleverly grabbed because he thought they might be important, I’d clued into it immediately. The Freezer’s coordinates: 81º 51' 113º 15' Sato’s numbers: 80º 11' 112º 55' It was a mere one and a half degrees south of us and about a half degree east. Consulting my reader, I saw that it was a distance of nearly fifteen kilometers southeast of The Freezer. I exhaled when I saw the map. Fifteen kilometers. The facility would be lost from view. In the end I decided that it was necessary to go. As long as on the return leg we could get back to within a three-kilometer radius of the station. The vehicles left scrapes in the ice that would create a nice trail of sorts to return safely. Sato and I waited until late afternoon. Most of the scientists had retired to the living module to prepare for dinner.
