Ice Station

Author : Ruth Slavid
Publisher : Park Publishing (WI)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 390602766X

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Ice Station by Ruth Slavid Pdf

For more than fifty years, Halley Research Station-located on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica's Weddell Sea-has collected a continuous stream of meteorological and atmospheric data critical to our understanding of polar atmospheric chemistry, rising sea levels, and the depletion of the ozone layer. Since the station's establishment in 1956, there have been six Halley stations, each designed to withstand the difficult climatic conditions. The first four stations were crushed by snow. The fifth featured a steel platform, allowing it to rise above snow cover, but it, too, had to be abandoned when it moved too far from the mainland, making it precarious. Commissioned by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and completed in 2012, Halley VI is the winning design from a competition in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects. Designed by London-based Hugh Broughton Architects and AECOM, a US-based architecture and engineering firm, the structure cannot just rise to avoid being engulfed by accumulating snow, but it is also the first research station able to be fully relocatable, its eight modules situated atop ski-fitted hydraulic legs. This book tells the story of this iconic piece of architecture's design and creation, supplemented with many illustrations, including plans and previously unpublished photographs.

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429961608

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Ice Station by Matthew Reilly Pdf

A fast-paced thriller from bestselling author Matthew Reilly, Ice Station. Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself... A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else... First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins-who've all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice...

Author : Rick Campbell
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466883550

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Ice Station Nautilus by Rick Campbell Pdf

Russia's new ballistic missile submarine, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, is being deployed on its first patrol while America's newest fast attack submarine, North Dakota, is assigned to trail it and collect intel. As the Russian submarine heads under the polar ice cap, its sonar readings reveal the trailing American sub and cause the Russians to begin a radical, evasive maneuver. This, however, fails and the submarines collide, resulting in damage that sends both to the bottom. The Americans immediately set up a rescue mission, sending a new submarine and a SEAL team to establish an ice camp---Ice Station Nautilus---and stage a rescue. The Russians also send men and material, ostensibly to rescue their own men, but the Russian Special Forces team is also there to take the American base camp and the American sub, leaving no survivors or traces of their actions. As the men in North Dakota struggle to survive, the SEAL team battles for possession of the submarine. Rick Campbell's Ice Station Nautilus is an epic battle above and below the ice, Special Forces against SEALs, submarine against submarine, with survival on the line.

Author : P.w. Child
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1507847394

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Ice Station Wolfenstein by P.w. Child Pdf

Sam Cleave, reporter for a small newspaper, has seen better days. After his partner was killed during an undercover investigation, he lost his passion for work and living. But when a resident of a nearby assisted living home is tortured and murdered in a barbaric manner, he starts investigating. He is especially intrigued when a mysterious box is given to him that belonged to the dead man, but he needs help to interpret what it means. He teams up with Nina Gould, an expert in World War II history. Soon the two of them realize that they are about to discover one of the best-guarded secrets of the war, It dawns on them that this would be the discovery of a lifetime, a discovery of immeasurable value, and a discovery that men would kill for. They join an expedition, sponsored by an eccentric billionaire, hunting for gold and breathtaking art buried deep below the Antarctic surface. Instead of gold and stolen art, they find something terrifyingly disturbing beneath the eternal ice. A team of Nazi scientists has made an amazing discovery. But experiments have gone terribly wrong. The situation gets out of hand, and before long the expedition members find themselves peering into the deepest recesses of the human soul. Nina and Sam realize that their only hope for survival is to unlock the secrets of Ice Station Wolfenstein. Ice Station Wolfenstein leads the reader on a roller-coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, Ice Station Wolfenstein is a thrilling read for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue.

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Pan
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 1742611745

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Ice Station by Matthew Reilly Pdf

THE DISCOVERY OF A LIFETIMEAt a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of US scientists has found something buried deep within a 100-million-year-old layer of ice. Something made of metal.THE LAW OF SURVIVALIn a land without boundaries, there are no rules. Every country would kill for this prize.A LEADER OF MENA team of crack United States marines is sent to the station to secure the discovery. Their leader – Lieutenant Shane Schofield, call-sign: SCARECROW. They are a tight unit, tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did...

Author : James Rollins
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061792618

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Ice Hunt by James Rollins Pdf

A classic adventure from James Rollins, the author of The Doomsday Key, The Last Oracle, The Judas Strain, Black Order, and other pulse-pounding, New York Times bestselling thrillers, Ice Hunt carries readers to the top of the world, where nothing can survive…except fear. Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than seventy years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former Soviet Union, it was designed to be inaccessible and virtually invisible. But an American undersea research vessel has inadvertently pulled too close—and something has been sighted moving inside the allegedly deserted facility, something whose survival defies every natural law. And now, as scientists, soldiers, intelligence operatives, and unsuspecting civilians are drawn into Grendel's lethal vortex, the most extreme measures possible will be undertaken to protect its dark mysteries—because the terrible truths locked behind submerged walls of ice and steel could end human life on Earth.

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429908160

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Temple by Matthew Reilly Pdf

A blockbuster thriller from bestselling author Matthew Reilly. Four centuries ago, a precious idol was hidden in the jungles of Peru. To the Incan people, it is still the ultimate symbol of their spirit. To William race, an American linguist enlisted by the U.S. Army to decipher the clues to its location, it's the ultimate symbol of the apocalypse... Carved from a rare stone not found on Earth, the idol possesses elements more destructive than any nuclear bomb--a virtual planet killer. In the wrong hands it could mean the end of mankind. And whoever possesses the idol, possesses the unfathomable--and cataclysmic--power of the gods... Now, in the foothills of the Andes, Race's team has arrived--but they're not alone. And soon they'll discover that to penetrate the temple of the idol is to break the first rule of survival. Because some treasures are meant to stay buried..and forces are ready to kill to keep it that way...

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Pan Australia
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781742621968

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Hell Island by Matthew Reilly Pdf

A Scarecrow novella from Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Jack West Jr series and new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now. It is an island that doesn't appear on any maps. A secret place, where classified experiments have been carried out. Experiments that have gone terribly wrong. Four crack special forces units are dropped in. One of them is a team of Marines, led by Captain Shane Schofield, call-sign: SCARECROW. Nothing can prepare Schofield's team for what they find there. You could say they've just entered hell. But that would be wrong. This is much, much worse. Fans of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton will love Matthew Reilly. GET MORE SCARECROW IN: ICE STATION, AREA 7, SCARECROW AND SCARECROW AND THE ARMY OF THIEVES

Author : William M. Leary,Leonard A. LeSchack
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1682473481

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Project Coldfeet by William M. Leary,Leonard A. LeSchack Pdf

Combating bureaucratic resistance, dwindling funds, untested equipment, and savage weather conditions, the small American team of researchers and intelligence specialists raced against time to take advantage of a rare opportunity to assess the Soviets' progress in meteorology, oceanography, and especially submarine detection - before the station disintegrated. The key to success was the Fulton Skyhook, a new technology designed to snatch the men from the ice on a 500-foot, balloon lifted line and reel them up into a specially outfitted B-17 bomber traveling at 125 knots.

Author : J. E. Gurley
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1470100304

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Ice Station Zombie by J. E. Gurley Pdf

For most of the long, cold winter, Antarctica is a frozen wasteland. Now, the ice is melting and the zombies are thawing. Arctic explorers Val Marino and Elliot Anson race against time and death to reach Australia, but the Demise has preceded them and zombies stalk the streets of Adelaide and Coober Pedy.

Author : Alistair MacLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0006118380

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ICE STATION ZEBRA by Alistair MacLean Pdf

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Pan
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Assassins
ISBN : 1742611761

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Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly Pdf

IT IS THE GREATEST BOUNTY HUNT IN HISTORYThere are 15 targets. And they must all be dead by 12 noon, today. The price on their heads: $20 million each.ONE HEROAmong the names on the target list, one stands out. An enigmatic Marine named Shane Schofield, call-sign: SCARECROW.NO LIMITSAnd so Schofield is hunted by gangs of international bounty hunters, including the 'Black Knight', a ruthless hunter who seems intent on eliminating only him.He led his men into hell in Ice Station. He protected the President against all odds in Area 7. This time it's different. Because this time SCARECROW is the target.

Author : Matthew Reilly
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781471407963

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The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly Pdf

Gossip Girl meets Mad Max in this breakneck thriller from an international bestselling author where the line between rich and poor is the line between life and death. 'The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . . No power, no lights, no people . . .' When Skye Rodgers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this doesn't stop the young elite from partying without a care. Then Skye joins an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New Yok. But this is no ordinary clique. They have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers there is horrifying . . . What would you do to survive?

Author : Gustavo Bondoni
Publisher : Severed Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1925840611

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Ice Station Death by Gustavo Bondoni Pdf

All Argentine Army Colonel Javier Balzano had to do was babysit a group of scientists to Antarctica. The months spent at the Belgrano II base promised to be more tedious than dangerous. His only real concern was a mysterious undercover American observer. What might be worth observing on the frozen, empty wastes of Antarctica, no one knew.When the base suddenly goes off air, no one is unduly concerned. Antarctic communications have always been patchy. Then strange creatures are sighted in the surrounding seas and the crew are suddenly thrown into savage battle against prehistoric monsters and the brutal elements.Can anyone survive Ice Station Death?

Author : Gretchen Legler
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 157131282X

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On the Ice by Gretchen Legler Pdf

"McMurdo Station, Antarctica, is home to eighty-mile-per-hour winds, minus seventy degree temperatures, and months of near-total darkness. Sent to Antarctica as an observer, Gretchen Legler tells the story of her season spent at McMurdo Station. Populated by people from all walks of life - bankers, MBAs, therapists, carpenters, scientists, laborers, and military brass - the individuals that Legler meets have gone to Antarctica to escape everything from parking tickets to angry spouses. Hoping to get away from the complexities of her own life, Legler arrives at McMurdo Station with the intention of researching the landscape; what she finds, instead, is a zany population of people." "Part sociological study, part historiography, and part love story, On the Ice is an exploration of one of the most unexplored places on earth and the people who are drawn to it."--BOOK JACKET.