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Country United States Series Dirk Pitt Novels Media type Print (hardcover) Genre Adventure fiction Followed by Crescent Dawn | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 2008 Originally published 2008 Preceded by Treasure of Khan Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pages 576 pp (Hardcover edition) Similar Clive Cussler books, Dirk Pitt Undersea adventure books, Adventure fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arctic Drift is a Dirk Pitt novel, the 20th of the series and was released on November 25, 2008.
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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.