In Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a warehouse roof. Smilla Jaspersen, his neighbor and a glaciologist originally from Greenland, suspects foul play because the boy’s footprints in the snow reveal a terrified run rather than play. When authorities dismiss the case, Smilla launches a private investigation that connects her to a secretive scientific expedition to West Greenland in 1966. She navigates corporate conspiracies and shipping logs to uncover a hidden discovery entombed within a remote glacial island.
Readers who value technical accuracy and cold environmental settings choose this book for its detailed focus on arctic geography and the physics of ice. It appeals to those interested in the post-colonial tensions between Denmark and Greenland. The reader gains a precise understanding of glaciology and a perspective on how cultural displacement affects individual identity. By the end, the audience learns how specific physical evidence can expose corruption within large-scale industrial and scientific institutions.
Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
