U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko is stationed in Antarctica after a the death of a criminal under her custody. With the help of a female British spy, she must investigate a series of murders that take place in the various stations throughout the Antarctic before winter sets in and all traffic in and out of the continent is closed. ( )

A good thriller set in Antartica, with a strong female lead. Well told in both story and art. ( )

Carrie Stetko is a United States Marshall in Antarctica, where it's kind of like you're nowhere because there aren't exactly any nations, but then also of course it's somewhere and there you are. The Antarctica of this comic is a disturbing place -- it's frozen and treeless, and the social order and cultural norms of the place are twisted by the cold and people's odd and often unhealthy reasons for being there.

As a marshall, Stetko has little authority but is responsible for investigating whatever weirdness comes up (a murder, in this story), and there's plenty of intrigue to go around. Russians, Brits, scientific researchers, military personnel, and lots and lots and lots of snow and ice and bitter chill wind. Whiteout is something like a police procedural, except there is almost nothing like a procedure available to Stetko. It's something like a spy novel, except Stetko no more concerned with CIA type stuff than your average cop. Maybe what Whiteout is most like is a classic hard boiled detective novel, with tough dialogue and lots of fighting but still a good amount of clever detective stuff. Whatever category it belongs in, the story is gripping and I highly recommend it.

Whiteout is continued in:

Whiteout : melt / written by Greg Rucka ; illustrated & lettered by Steve Lieber... (Portland, OR : Oni Press, c2000).