An electrifying story of friendship, power & betrayal by the bestselling, Baileys-prize shortlisted author of The Bees. `A memorable eco-thriller. This is a world of arms dealers, heroic arctic adventurers & power crazed captains of industry. & that`s just the ladies` The Times A frozen corpse emerges from a melting glacier & after three years of uncertainty, Sean Cawson can finally put the past behind him. Tom Harding, Sean`s friend of thirty years was lost in an accident & Sean was the last person to see him alive. Tom`s body is not the only secret hidden in the ice. As global businesses & global powers jostle for territory in this new, lawless frontier there are big opportunities for those with the courage
- or mendacity
- to seize them. & equally big risks. For years Sean has navigated these dangerous waters, loving the glamour & influence they bring. But as the inquest into Tom`s death begins, the choices made by both men
- in love & in life
- are put on the st&. Soon everything Sean has believed about his friends, his position & himself is thrown into question. Just how deep do the lies go?



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The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, & the golden age of Polar Exploration. In August 1930 a Norwegian sloop sailing in the Arctic Ocean moored at a remote isl&. Here, the crew members found a body leaning against a rock. When they saw a large monogram `A` on the body`s jacket, they realized who the unfortunate adventurer had been: S. A. Andree, the Swede who, in 1897, set off to discover the North Pole, one of the last unmapped places on earth. The Ice Balloon is the story of the heroic era of polar exploration, & the dream of conquering one of the most inhumane landscapes on earth. In this golden age of discovery, Andree`s ambition was the most original & remarkable. For, of the thousand or so people who had gone looking for the Pole, most of whom perished on the way, only Andree used a balloon. ...

An enchanting tale of courage & sacrifice for young readers & adults by the wildly popular George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice & Fire, the series that inspired HBO`s Emmy Award-winning GAME OF THRONES. Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating & heartwarming story of a young girl & her dragon. From ancient times the ice dragon was a creature of legend & fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold & frozen l&. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember. Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, & in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara`s home. And only a winter child-and the ice dragon who loved her-could save her world from utter destruction. ...

The Ice Lands by Steinar Bragi is set against Iceland`s volcanic hinterlands, where four thirty-somethings from Reykjavik
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In 1913, what was to have been the grandest & most elaborate Arctic expedition in history ended just six weeks later with the HMCS Karluk trapped by polar ice. Five months later, hopelessly off course & still encased in ice, the captain gives the order to abandon ship. With nothing but half the ship's store of supplies, twenty-one men, an Eskimo woman & her two small daughters, nineteen dogs & one pet cat were hopelessly shipwrecked in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. Nine months later, twelve survivors were rescued by a small whaling schooner & brought back to civilisation. In this incredible book, Jennifer Niven tells the spellbinding story of the doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk drawing on previously unpublished letters & journals. ...

This book balances the considerations for the different ice types that ships` officers may encounter, whether first year or multi-year ice, & the different ice types in the arctic, Great Lakes or the Baltic. A good example of the outcome of a misinterpretation of the ice type a vessel is presented with was given to the whole world in 2007, when the ` MS Explorer ` sank in the Antarctic Ocean. While, as in many incidents, there were numerous factors that uniquely came together, in this case the Ship`s Master was very experienced in first year Baltic Ice conditions but had no experience of multi-year ice. This meant that he failed to correctly identify the ice type as compacted multi year ice & entered it as if it were the first year ice conditions he was familiar with, with disasterous outcome. Covering Ice Types, Ice Conditions, The Main Ice Regions, Ice Class Ships, Preparations for a Ship & the Crew for Ice the book then moves to the practical aspects of Navigating in Ice, Shiphandling, Working with Icebreakers & Oil Pollution in Ice Covered Waters, this creates a manual that will remain as valid & up to date in 2020 as it is in 2010, although by then there may well need to be a few more case studies about the actions & outcomes of the unwary. ...

` How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary` Doris Lessing`I`m surprised it isn`t the most famous book in the world` Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers` She was close to the edge now: the ice laid its hand upon her` The schoolchildren call it the Ice Palace: a frozen waterfall in the Norwegian fjords transformed into a fantastic structure of translucent walls, sparkling towers & secret chambers. It fascinates two young girls, lonely Unn & lively Siss, who strike up an intense friendship. When Unn decides to explore the Ice Palace alone & doesn`t return, Siss must try to cope with the loss of her friend without succumbing to a frozen world of her own making. ...

For the first time in English, the psychological thriller debut of No.1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life. Erica conceives a memoir about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their lost friendship. While her interest grows to an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about the small town with a deeply disturbing past. ...

The psychological thriller debut of No.1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life. Erica conceives a memoir about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their lost friendship. While her interest grows to an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about the small town with a deeply disturbing past. ...

The psychological thriller debut of No.1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. A small town can hide many secrets Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice-cold bath, it seems like she`s taken her own life. Meanwhile, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. It`s only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about a small town with a deeply disturbing past... ...