ANTARCTICA 
fiction from the most inhospitable
place on Earth, which has no
permanent human residents
 
In Cold Pursuit

by Sarah Andrews

Arriving in Antarctica to work on her master's thesis, glaciologist Valena Walker discovers that her professor has been arrested for murder. Determined to avoid being shipped back to the States before she completes her studies, she decides to investigate a reporter's mysterious death from exposure
The Business

by Iain Banks

 
A satirical novel chronicles the behind-the-scenes machinations of a secretive organization with plans to dominate the world.
The Killing Ship

by Simon Beaufort

A group of scientists are conducting research on the inhospitable Livingston Island in Antarctica when their station is attacked by a mysterious group of armed men/
The Big Bang Symphony
 
by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

The raw emotions of three women lead to often explosive interactions among scientists, artists, and other lost souls  marooned in Antarctica after a crash-landing and the discovery
of a long-frozen body. 
The Silent Sea

by Clive Cussler

A sunken treasure in a remote Washington State pit...a Chinese takeover of part of Antarctica...a shoot-out aboard a Mississippi casino steamboat. Where else could all this take place but in a Cussler novel? 
Everland
 
by Rebecca Hunt
 
Pushed to their physical and psychological limits, the three members of a grueling expedition to an Antarctic island, following in the footsteps of a similar but failed venture a century earlier, experience disturbing echoes of the mysterious, fated past.
The Winter Pony

by Iain Lawrence

The year is 1910, and a great adventure is beginning. It will take two years to finish and will end in a desperate race across the bottom of the world, with a dead man being the winner.
At the Mountains of Madness
 (eBook)

by H. P. Lovecraft

The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition’s uncanny discoveries–and their encounter with untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization–is a milestone of macabre literature.
My Last Continent
 
by Midge Raymond

It is only at the end of the world -- among the glacial mountains, cleaving icebergs, and frigid waters of Antarctica -- where Deb Gardner and Keller Sullivan feel at home. 
Purgatory Road

by Bob Reiss

One year after accidentally causing the death of his best friend, Antarctica research scientist Jack Amirault's sister is killed, and his subsequent unauthorized investigations result in his being charged with murder. 
The Comet Seekers

by Helen Sedgwick

Weaves science and the imagination into a melancholy yet magical tale of long-departed souls who won't rest until they can impose their will upon their living relations.
South Pole Station

by Ashley Shelby

Do you have digestion problems due to stress? Do you have problems with authority? How many alcoholic drinks do you consume a week? Would you rather be a florist or a truck driver? These are the questions that decide who has what it takes to live at South Pole Station, a place with an average temperature of -54°F and no sunlight for six months a year. 
Frozen Solid

by James M. Tabor

The brilliant and battle-tested heroine Hallie Leland confronts intrigue and murder in the most unforgiving place on Earth. 
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