![]() ![]() The novel closely parallels the reality in the Arctic. ![]() She is both a scientist and a fierce protector of the Arctic and its people. ![]() The main character, Hanne, understands glacial ice and the speed with which it is melting. Global emissions must be reduced, and the Arctic must be protected from exploitation.īuilt on strong story lines with plenty of intrigue and romance - as well as solid knowledge of glaciers and climate change - Tatrallyay’s novel puts a spotlight on Greenland's vast glacier and polar icecap melt and the fate of the 58,000 Indigenous Inuit people living there. The reality is that the Arctic is melting, and that is already having dire consequences. In his new, fast-paced environmental thriller “Arctic Meltdown,” Barnard poet and novelist Geza Tatrallyay takes American-Russian antagonism and competition over the Arctic to the brink of nuclear war, and along the way he shows the consequences of Arctic warming and superpower greed. Sometimes we need fiction to get in touch with reality. This commentary is by George Longenecker of Middlesex, who has retired from Vermont Technical College, where he taught writing, geography and environmental issues. ![]()
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