He was a military guy and did his part to run the base to support the scientists that were working there. So my dad would always tell me these stories when I was a kid about it. It's an actual continent, you know, with land and stuff under all that ice. I mean, there are other things, now that I think about it. * 6 months of darkness, followed by 6 months of light (give or take) All I know about it can be summed up pretty succinctly: My dad lived in Antarctica for around a year, a few years before I was born. So my dad would always tell me Alrighty then.

All I know about it can be summed up pretty succinctly: * It's really cold * it's really dry * 6 months of darkness, followed by 6 months of light (give or take) * Its stupidly hard to spell That's about it. I think it says a lot, given the body count, that I only felt sad for the dog.moreДЄlrighty then. It isn't scary and there was only the briefest scene (with no people in it!) where I felt any tension or suspense. There are some interesting ideas, but the characters just aren't very interesting and the plot isn't that tight and as thrillers go this book isn't very thrilling.

And the ones that you are left with aren't that great. Unless you want to read lengthy descriptions of frozen terrain or the rotting limbs of wounded brigadiers, about half the words in this book can be skipped. I feel a little unfair characterizing Blood and Ice as bloated, because Masello clearly put in some serious research time on Antarctica and the Crimean War and photography and mountain-climbing andД«ut. There are some in Bloat is increase in size without corresponding increase in density. I feel a little unfair characterizing Blood and Ice as bloated, because Masello clearly put in some serious research time on Antarctica and the Crimean War and photography and mountain-climbing and But. And here, at the very end of the known world, thereвЂ™s nowhere to hide and no place left for the living to run.moreД«loat is increase in size without corresponding increase in density. For what is dead, it turns out, may not be gone. Were they the innocent victims of fear and superstition-or were they something far darker? His search will lead from the barracks and battlefields of the Crimean War to the unexplored depths of the Antarctic Ocean, from the ill-fated charge of the Light Brigade to an age-old curse that survives to this day.ДЄs the ice around the murdered lovers begins to melt, Wilde will have to grapple with a miracle-or a nightmare-in the making. Now, in a bleak but breathtaking world of shimmering icebergs, deep blue crevasses, and never-ending sun, Wilde must unravel the mystery of this doomed couple. Beside them a chest filled with a strange, and sinister, cargo. until, on a routine dive in to the polar sea, he unexpectedly finds something else entirely: a young man and woman, bound with chains and sealed forever in a block of ice. Here, in the most inhospitable place on earth, he is simply looking to find solace. Journalist Michael Wilde-his world recently shattered by tragedy-hopes that a monthlong assignment to the South Pole will give him a new lease on life. Journalist Michael Wilde-his world recently shattered by In this haunting and suspenseful thriller, Robert Masello delivers an adventure that spans continents and centuries-a spellbinding story that ranges from Victorian England to a remote antarctic research station, where an ancient glacier yields a shocking prize it has held captive for nearly two hundred yearsвЂ¦. In this haunting and suspenseful thriller, Robert Masello delivers an adventure that spans continents and centuries-a spellbinding story that ranges from Victorian England to a remote antarctic research station, where an ancient glacier yields a shocking prize it has held captive for nearly two hundred yearsвЂ¦.

The land of blood and ice