Magazine "Red Strider" №11

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**Magazine "Red Strider" №11** (Russian: *Журнал «Красный Походник» № 11*) is a skill book in *ATOM RPG*.

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"The Red Strider"

12.11.1981

Topic:

"Letters from up North - 2"

Another month had passed since the good friends of our magazine and heroes to many of Soviet citizens - the brave Vlad Galperin, Eugenia Suslova, Grigory Sarkisyan, Elena Golubeva and their leader Alexey Sinitsin had embarked on a perilous journey towards the North Pole. Recently we had another radio chat with the gang, just as it was scheduled. Our staff learned a lot from the brave youths and asked them the questions you, our readers, sent to us via mail. Here is the transmission:

28.10.1981. Alexey Sinitsin. Our goal is just some 20 kilometers ahead from this new camp we set up. Hard to imagine the long road to the Pole is almost over, and without any serious accidents, too! The hardships that we did get only drew us closer as a collective.

For our achievements, we praise first of all our parents, but also the kind readers of the "Red Strider" and the General Secretary of the Communist Party, Leonid Ilyitch Brezhnev personally.

Although we are so far from Motherland, right near the North Pole, where few men ever walked, we still did hear the news that he mentioned us personally during the government meeting in September and praised our little expedition for bravery. We are not that brave, kind Leonid Ilyitch! We just do, what any Soviet Citizen is capable of under the profound governance of the Party.

Now, let us get to the questions of the readers. First of, the survival tips you like so much: we highly recommend you never carry your bags. Put them on a sled and drag it behind you. This way you get less tired and less sweaty. Sweating less is very important, since sweat freezes over right on your skin as soon as you make a stop, and can lead to a cold or even worst.

Another question… Yes, yes, the canned rations that contain fluids really do freeze over into ice. That's not a myth. But it also isn't a problem, since we always keep a fire on camp ground. Cooking or at least warming up canned goods makes them tastier and helps fight hunger much better. The canned beans are cooked right inside the cans. Just make some holes for ventilation and put the can on hot coals. The beans will become amazing in no time! The canned meat we cook in pots with some melted snow, to make delicious broth or stew.

The next question is about the grey men I mentioned in the last interview. Really, they are nothing special. A kind of auditory-visual illusion, that only manifests near the North Pole, or so I theorize. Here, near the magnetic peak of the globe, shadows sometimes act strangely. Most of the time they follow the objects that cast them like normal. But sometimes they take tiny humanoid shapes and start walking about, telling us to get our clothes off, or asking us to open the tent doors at night. First, those little rascals really gave us the creeps. Now we just ignore them. Why, even right now, as I speak, two grey men are walking around the radio equipment, mumbling, and trying to touch things.

But enough about that! Time for something really important… We caught up with the polar bear family! The pictures turned out amazing, since the beasts mostly ignored us. We made a snapshot of an old papa bear catching some fish on the coast. Later we filmed his babies playing in the snow, sleeping, and eating… and as if that's not enough, we also caught an opportunity to film some snow foxes the very next day! Even made a picture of their highly camouflaged nest in the snow. Without a doubt, the Red Strider will post those pictures, made by our lovely Elena for you all to see, when we get back home.

Until next time, dear viewers! Alexey out.