title: Meteorites, Ice, and Antarctica: A Personal Account (Studies in Polar Research)
author: William A. Cassidy
description: Antarctica is a meteorite-hunter's dream: its cold, dry climate preserves the space rocks, which are swept along in glacial flows and then accumulate in becalmed areas of the ice cap. In this enthusiastic but arcane treatise, geologist and planetary scientist Cassidy, leader of many polar meteorite-hunting expeditions, has much to say about this intriguing feature of the world's most desolate continent. Meteorites contain vital evidence about the geology and history of their original celestial bodies; from the clues they provide, Cassidy deduces the composition of the primordial nebula from which the solar system condensed, reconstructs the cataclysmic meteoroid bombardment that shaped the early moon and assesses the possibility of ancient life on Mars. Meteorites do have a tale to tell; unfortunately, it's told here through an avalanche of technical information, with plenty of tables, graphs, statistical analyses and lengthy taxonomies of mineralogical types. Cassidy tries to liven things up with first-hand reminiscences, but anecdotes about logistics and weather on Antarctic expeditions, polite appreciations of departed colleagues and accounts of his bureaucratic wrangles with funding agencies and rival scientists eager to get a piece of the space rocks do not add up to a gripping narrative. Cassidy explains the science clearly, but only die-hard rock hounds will have the patience to wade through what amounts to an undergraduate text in planetary geology. B&w photos. <BR>Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ATOMIC REX
  
  Wrath of the Polar Yeti
  
  Matthew Dennion
  
    
  
  Author’s note – The following story serves as a sequel to two of my previous
  novels Atomic Rex and Polar Yeti. I would like to thank the many fans who
  suggested that I bring these two monsters together.
  
  This story was written with fond memories of Toho’s 1962 classic kaiju film
  and with high hopes regarding the _Legendary_ rematch scheduled for 2020.
  
    
  
  Prologue
  
  Antarctica: Two Years Ago
  
  Dark clouds were beginning to form over the valley and with them came a cold
  wind down from the mountains. The prehistoric beasts that inhabited the valley
  did not experience many winter storms. Typically, the amount of precipitation
  that fell in Antarctica annually was less than a few inches due to the limited
  amount of evaporation that occurred on the frozen continent.
  
  Even when there was enough moisture in the air to create a snowstorm, most of
  the time, the tightly packed tall mountains that surrounded the valley
  