In the extreme conditions of the Far North, where fierce cold and strong wind make a hellish combination deadly to all living things, extreme events unfold in the “polar” detective novels of Alistair MacLean.
An emergency landing of a passenger airliner on the ice shield of Greenland, a rescue raid by a nuclear submarine toward a drifting station, and the presence of a film crew on a secluded island—all these situations demand that people act as a team if they are to survive. But can you trust your fellow misfortunates if you know that one of them is a murderer?