David Lesher wrote:

Does anyone else recall reading Ice Station Zebra, and how to get
the sugar out of gasoline...? [No, watching Ernest Borgnine in the
movie version won't cut it...]

Yep -- loved MacLean's books.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.