The Ice: A gripping thriller for our times from the Bailey’s shortlisted author of The Bees. Laline Paull

      

       COPYRIGHT

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2017

      Copyright © Laline Paull 2017

      Cover design by Heike Schuessler

      Cover images © plainpicture/Mira/Conny Ekstrom

      Interior engravings © Chris Wormelll

      Map © Joy Gosney

      With grateful thanks to the following for their permission to reproduce copyright material: Extracts from Arctic Adventure by Peter Freuchen by permission of Echo Point Books. Extracts from Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen by permission of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. Extracts from Lost in the Arctic by Ejnar Mikkelsen, published by William Heinemann. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd. © Ejnar Mikkelsen 1913. Extract from Polar Bears by Nikita Ovsyanikov by permission of Quarto Publishing Group. Quote from Judge Rüdiger Wolfrum courtesy of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Extract from ‘Century of the Wind’ from The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, copyright © 2009 by Wade Davis and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Reprinted by permission of House of Anansi Press, Toronto, www.houseofanansi.com, and the University of Western Australia Press. Extract from Northern Lights; The Official Account Of The British Arctic Air-Route Expedition by F. Spencer Chapman, published by Chatto & Windus. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited.

      While every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright material reproduced herein, the publishers would like to apologise for any omissions and would be pleased to incorporate missing acknowledgements in future editions.

      Laline Paull asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007557776

      Ebook Edition © May 2017 ISBN: 9780007557769

      Version: 2017-12-21

       DEDICATION

      For my brothers

      Geoff and Gordon

      with love

      CONTENTS

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       Copyright

       Dedication

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