The frozen year

the long version

Invited to join an expedition to the North Pole, science writer Julian Cole expected nothing more exciting than the occasional polar bear. But that was before he met his companions: the eccentric, egomaniac Farmsworth and his outrageous wife, who could look sexy even in a parka and red flannel longjohns; Dr. Wentz, trying to drown a mysterious past in suicidal alcoholism; and the crazy albino Elvers, whose own secret spanned 15,000 years and half the solar system...