Arctic Drift

Description:

A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission, captain and crew perished to a man—and if Pitt and his colleague Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them.

subjects: Dirk Pitt (Fictitious character),  Global warming,  Fiction,  Marine biologists,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Pitt, dirk (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, thrillers, general,  Arctic regions, fiction,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-12-14,  New York Times bestseller,  Large type books,  Pitt, Dirk (Fictitious character) -- Fiction,  Marine biologists -- Fiction,  Global warming -- Fiction,  Northwest Passage -- Fiction,  Arctic regions -- Fiction,  Fiction, thrillers

People: Dirk (Fictitious character) Pitt

Places: Northwest Passage,  Arctic regions,  Arctic Ocean