The California Iceberg
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Todd Wells is prepared for excitement when he joins his father, captain of the atomic tugboat STORMQUEEN, on a voyage from Antarctica to California. For this is no ordinary journey - they are towing five icebergs, each weighing six thousand million tons, to bring pure water to the drought-stricken areas of the United States.
But when a violent storm erupts and once iceberg threatens to break loose, the excitement turns to terror - as Todd is caught up in the desperate battle to save the iceberg and the lives of the men on the ship.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780575115835
- Author: Harry Harrison, James E Barry
- Pub date: 28.11.13
- RRP: $7.99
- Format: Electronic book text
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Harry Harrison, James E Barry
Harry Harrison (1925 - 2012)
Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Connecticut, in 1925. He is the author of a number of much-loved series including the Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero sequences and the Deathworld Trilogy. He is known as a passionate advocate of Esperanto, the most popular of the constructed international languages, which appears in many of his novels. He has been publishing novels for over half a century and is perhaps best known for his seminal novel of overpopulation,Make Room! Make Room!, which was adapted into the cult film Soylent Green. He died in 2012.For more information see www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/harrison_harry