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Chan keeps lookout while you dismount and examine the body. You discover that the man is dead and, judging by his clothes and weapons, you are sure that he was a hunter. You estimate that he has been dead for more than a month yet his body is unusually well preserved, despite the warm summer temperatures. When you peel open his fur jacket, you are shocked to discover that his skin is ice cold to the touch.

‘What killed him?’ asks Chan.

‘You won’t believe me,’ you reply, incredulously, ‘but this man froze to death more than a month ago.’

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