Arctic Drift

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Arctic Drift
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Hardcover first Edition
AuthorClive Cussler, Dirk Cussler
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDirk Pitt Novels
GenreAdventure
PublisherPutnam
Publication date
2008
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages576 pp (Hardcover edition)
ISBN978-0-399-15529-1
OCLC256771338
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3553.U75 A89 2008b
Preceded byTreasure of Khan 
Followed byCrescent Dawn 

Arctic Drift is a Dirk Pitt novel, the 20th of the series and was released on November 25, 2008.[1]

Plot

The plot begins in the year 1847, when the Franklin Expedition becomes stranded trying to find the Northwest Passage. They experience a harsh winter. The men are seemingly going mad. Their stranded ships (Erebus and Terror) are loaded with a mysterious, unidentified silvery metal. The story switches to the present day. There is an ongoing quest to save the earth from Global Warming. All of the world's scientists are looking for a solution. Some people are trying to thwart these efforts. The NUMA team, headed by Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino and Dirk Pitt's children, Dirk Junior and Summer, are trying to find a way to stop Global Warming. Their quest leads them to investigate a series of mysterious asphyxiations. They soon realize that the solution they are looking for is hidden in the heart of the Arctic; in an old forgotten ship. They will need to solve a centuries-old mystery to save the earth.

Release Details

  • 2008, United States, Michael Joseph LTD, ISBN 0-7181-5459-2, December 2008, Hardcover
  • 2008, United States, G. P. Putnam's Sons, First Edition, ISBN 0-3991-5529-5, December 2008, Hardcover.
  • 2008, United States, Norwood Press, Limited Edition, ISBN 978-0399-15529-1, December 2008, Hardcover.

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