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The Secret Files: Tunguska Hints
How do I melt the frozen layer over the hole in the ice?
1 of 14: Salt is the best way to melt ice.
2 of 14: There's a small pile of salt just inside the entrance to the research station.
3 of 14: Nina says it came from the platform above.
4 of 14: If we broke that platform, the rest of the salt would be accessible.
5 of 14: We need to drop something heavy onto the platform from above, where we fished for the winter clothes earlier.
6 of 14: The ball of bedding is the item we need, but it's not heavy enough.
7 of 14: How do you make cloth heavier?
8 of 14: Soak it in some kind of liquid, that's how.
9 of 14: There's a barrel of thick whale oil near the frozen ship.
10 of 14: Soak the bedding in oil, then drop it onto the platform from above.
11 of 14: Now, take the bucket from the snow outside and fill it with salt.
12 of 14: Pour the salt on the hole in the ice, and leave.
13 of 14: Come back later, and it will be melted.
14 of 14: If it hasn't melted yet, go do some other stuff and it will have.
