The Ice: A Novel of Antarctica (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Louis Charbonneau (Author)

Book Description

Series: Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series | Publication Date: August 1991

In Antarctica to study the effect of oil spills on the penguin population, Kathy McNeely teams up with Russian scientist Alex Volkov to uncover an illegal operation. Reprint.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This timely, credible and suspenseful eco-thriller begins when marine biologist Kathy McNeely finds oil-soaked penguins in a part of Antarctica where no oil spills have been recorded. What seems at first the residue of an earlier disaster soon acquires more sinister implications as McNeely, her Russian and American associates, and maverick archeologist Brian Huxley are caught in the web of TERCO--a U.S. conglomerate that has found something worth killing for beneath the Antarctic ice. Experienced adventure novelist Charbonneau ( Intruder ) convincingly presents the psychological and technical problems of Antarctic survival. His description of the final race, made by tractor and dog sled, to discover the real cause of the oil spill and stave off environmental disaster is gripping. Though the characters are conventional, they are appealing--including the huskies, whose personalities become as distinct as those of their masters. But the real protagonist of The Ice is Antarctica itself. Charbonneau's passion for this last unspoiled land infuses the book and inspires the reader. Even cynics will applaud as TERCO is frustrated by "a bunch of goddamn birds" and the people who care for what the penguins represent. BOMC featured alternate; Reader's Digest Condensed Books selection.
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From Library Journal

Kathy McNeely is a marine biologist studying birds in Antarctica. When she discovers penguins dying from an unreported oil spill, she unwittingly gets too close to a plan to discredit the Antarctic Treaty and mine uranium from a sensitive area. An adventurer training for a dogsled expedition, a helicopter pilot, and a Russian scientist, among others, help uncover the plot and incidentally explain many sides of the environmental issues on the continent. Charbonneau's feel for the immensity, harshness, and fragility of the Antarctic landscape and his strong ecoaction message do not overpower this thrill er. Recommended for quick action and sense of location, despite a slight tendency to preachiness.
- Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army TRALINET Ctr., Ft. Monroe, Va.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 521 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr; Lrg edition (August 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560541776
• ISBN-13: 978-1560541776
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,241,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars "Green" Novel about the Ice, January 26, 2008

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Ford Ka (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews

The Ice from the title is the Antarctic. Charbonneau takes us to the most distant continent to witness a love affair of an adventure seeker and a lady scientist. To add some more spice he throws in large deposits of oil and greedy businessman from the US who doesn't hesitate to kill people to make some more bucks.
Perfect reading for a hot summer day - just looking at ice cubes melting in your drink will make you shiver.