The Ice Limit

On a desolate island off the southern coast of Chile, an incredible discovery is made: a gigantic meteorite, the largest ever found, entombed in the earth for millions of years. Half a world away, billionaire entrepreneur Palmer Lloyd decides he must have it as the centerpiece of his grandiose new museum. He is willing to pay any price; in dollars and in lives. Getting it back to New York poses a particular challenge: It will be the heaviest object ever moved by humankind. Fueled by Lloyd's money, an audacious expedition takes shape. Disguising a state of the art ship as a rusted freighter, the expedition secretly heads southward with a fail safe plan to steal the meteorite from Chile. Leading the group is an inscrutable engineer hired by Lloyd, and a world famous meteorite hunter whose career was shattered by a controversial theory. Soon, along the icy rim of Antarctica, the adventurers are confronted with a terrifying enigma about the origin and nature of the meteorite. It is a mystery they must solve if they are to escape with their lives. The school and library binding is a smaller version of this book. It is not abridged, so all is what you would see in the first edition.