false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173207841m/257462.jpg 257462 6 William Dietrich, a science and environment journalist who's used his Antarctic experience in previously published fiction (<I>Ice Reich</I>) as well as features for the <I>Seattle Times</I>, heads south again in this thriller whose beautifully limned landscapes and detailed description of "wintering over" at the South Pole are almost too good for such pedestrian plotting.<p> Geologist Jed Lewis joins the Antarctic Support Team at the last minute, and his position as an outsider in a group of 26 "beakers" (scientists) and support personnel is clear even before the first in a series of mysterious and macabre deaths occurs. The senior beaker, a famed astrophysicist named Mickey Moss, has discovered a meteorite that may be worth millions, and when his body is discovered and the meteorite goes missing, suspicion falls on Jed, for no good reason other than his late arrival at the base. Jed becomes the scapegoat for everyone's suspicions, fears, and paranoia, and the pot is stirred by the team psychologist, ostensibly sent to the pole to learn how people behave (or don't) in the isolated, dangerous environment, as close a simulacrum of the conditions humans will face in outer space as science can devise. Unfortunately, Dietrich's series of asides to the reader give the rest of the story away, leaving his beautiful descriptions of the polar dark and nuts-and-bolts explanations of living and working in the world's most rigorous climate the only reasons to finish this ultimately unsatisfying novel. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 249524 2001 Dark Winter total:20|5:1|4:6|3:11|2:2| 20 66 37 3 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 21:33:15 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 21:33:38 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 04 13:14:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:15:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu May 24 11:33:08 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 11:33:23 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 05:31:18 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 05:31:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 14:36:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 14:36:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Sep 11 11:06:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 11:06:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Aug 24 10:32:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:32:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 17:20:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 17:20:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 13:25:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:25:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 05:04:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 05:04:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 07:52:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:52:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:58:44 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:48:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 11:57:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 11:57:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 31 00:37:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 00:37:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 15:38:40 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 15:38:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 12 09:49:28 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:49:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 18 15:12:32 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 15:12:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 12:06:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 12:06:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Mar 05 17:44:16 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 17:44:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 20 13:19:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:19:49 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=257462