All adolescents face the questions of mateship, and how far to go for a friend. So does Kyle. In the hot Darwin climate, Kyle confronts issues of feral pigs, quarantine and the threat of a pandemic. In between choppers, crocs, mates and working undercover, environmental activist Kyle gets to know the Top End's eccentric locals. (Source: Author's website)
Antarctica's Frozen Chosen
South Melbourne
:
Lothian
,
2003
Z1054236
2003
single work
novel
young adult
thriller
When Kyle gets a job for the Antarctic summer as a marine biologist, his Spainish girlfriend Jade, e-mails daily. Jade an eco-activist is involved with an online protest group, but doesn't realise that she is being used. When a genetic modification threatens to cross over from rats to humans, the expeditioners on Kyle's ship are quarantined and he discovers that courage is more than physical bravery. (Source: Trove)
