02530cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500200014624600240016626400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034050000450037650000790042150000310050050500770053150800960060852012800070453400720198465300200205665300300207685600430210699900190214969535UtSlPG20260610134617.0mcr n260607r20221956utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aLeinster, Murray,d1896-197510aPlanet explorer1 aThe planet explorer 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2022  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aOriginally published as: Colonial Survey  aWikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Survey  aRelease date is 2022-12-130 aSolar constant -- Sand doom -- Combat team -- The swamp was upside down.  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Planet Explorer" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows an outer-space service officer named Bordman, who embarks on an independent survey of the ice-planet Lani III, a challenging and unfamiliar environment. The opening suggests a narrative rich with themes of exploration, survival, and the unforeseen consequences of colonization as Bordman grapples with his responsibilities amid alarming meteorological shifts that threaten human survival on the planet.  At the start of the story, Bordman awakens to frigid conditions on Lani III and confronts the unease of being in charge of a colony's establishment as a Senior Colonial Survey Officer. He learns of erratic communications from the parent planet and discovers that the solar constant, crucial for sustaining life, is rapidly declining. As he collaborates with his junior officer Herndon and Riki, Herndon's sister, they try to decode a message warning of dire changes that could make both Lani III and the home planet uninhabitable. The opening captures Bordman's rising tension as he must find ways to combat the chilling threat while also becoming more engaged with the human connections developing around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Avon Publications, Inc., 1956  aScience fiction  aSpace colonies -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69535  c110318d110318