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The Immigrant by Mahrooz

It was the year 2006, in the middle of Antarctica, Iceville…. Boom! A
disastrous earthquake hit the icy ground of Iceville! No one survived except

one person who was moderately injured. His name was Donald. For a twenty
year old, Donald was intelligent, active and knew three languages. He went to

the demolished hospital and used some bandages to recover from his
injuries.

Iceville nearly had no daylight and it was freezing cold. It was an

undiscovered area because of its harsh surroundings and location. There was
not much greenery and life. But life was peaceful and calm. Advanced

technology and electricity were in scant supply. Food was scarce but
everyone in the community worked together to survive.

When Donald recovered from his injuries, he joined a snowmobile and lots of

large snow sledges together. Then he attached supplies he would require;
food, medicine, water filter, a small steel electric-powered boat, one stainless
steel cup, two oxygen tanks, a diving suit, one wooden boat oar, one metal

plate, a compass, some ropes, world map, petrol, water-proof batteries and a
spear for spearfishing to the snow sledges. Donald wanted to move to

Auckland, New Zealand.

He drove off towards the icy Antarctic ocean. Two months later, he reached
the ocean. He got everything he carried into his boat except the petrol,

snowmobile and the snow sledges. Then Donald pushed the boat into the
water and got in.

He sailed his way. When it was night, Donald tried to make sure the boat

didn’t float in the wrong direction. That made it extremely hard to get any
sleep. He would follow constellations such as the Southern Cross and luckily

the Scorpion. Food was quickly disappearing. Donald tied his spear to his
boat with some rope and tried to spot any fish. When he did, he speared it

and collected it. He started to eat sun dried seafood. When he needed water,
he used the water filter then poured the clean water with the cup.

One day, it started to rain heavily. Soon there was a massive storm! The boat

started filling up with water. Donald used the metal cup to scoop the water