Buried deep in the earth's polar ice cap-carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of United States - is a secret place, the site of a remarkable abandoned experiment that could have frightening ramification for the planet. The brain trust of the former Soviet Union who created the seventy-year-old ice station Grendel would like it simply to melt from Human memory. But that becomes impossible when an American under sea research vessel, the...

Despite the loving intentions of her mother and boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Astrid wants to make the decisions about her life and death when her cancer returns, including exploring the possibility of cryopreservation.