The Unrelenting Ice cover

The Unrelenting Ice

by Roger Banks

The author, an artist, spent the year 1953 working as a Meteorologist for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey at Base G, Admiralty Bay, in the South Shetland Islands. The following year he moved further south to Base F on the Argentine Islands. This book is based on his experience during those two winters. In his own words;- "Is this book fact or fiction? In it are neither heroes nor epic journeys: it contains no reference to scientific work, no photographs, no places you can find on any map. It is, nevertheless, a book about the Antarctic as I saw it."

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?