Ice Station Zebra

• Alistair MacLean

The US atomic submarine "Dolphin" leaves the Holy Loch in a hurry one stormy night. The orders are to take a Dr Carpenter under the North Polar ice-cap, surfacing near a burnt-out weather station called Zebra. But who is he and what does his locked bag contain? What has happened at the lonely station and what is wrong with the "Dolphin"?