Arctic Drift (A Dirk Pitt Novel, #20) (Dirk Pitt Novels) (edition 2008)

by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler

Series: Dirk Pitt (20)

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A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission, captain and crew perished to a man--and if Pitt and his colleague Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them.… (more)

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Member:	dswaddell
Title:	Arctic Drift (A Dirk Pitt Novel, #20) (Dirk Pitt Novels)
Authors:	Clive Cussler
Other authors:	Dirk Cussler
Info:	Putnam Adult (2008), Hardcover, 528 pages
Collections:	Your library, Read since January 2008
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Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler

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Pitt set down his coffee and stared across the table with sudden unease. A painting hung on the opposite bulkhead, depicting a nineteenth-century sailing ship caught in a harrowing gale, its sails shredded and masts falling. A jagged cluster of rocks rose in the path, ready to bash the ship to bits.
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She often joked that the country needed more sailboats and fewer psychologists.
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NewLibrary78 | Jul 22, 2023 |

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davdittrich | Feb 14, 2023 |

Very cool. (

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Rockhead515 | Dec 22, 2022 |

I enjoyed this book. Although not great literature, it was interesting, suspenseful, and hard to put down. Most of Cussler's books are fairly simple, but suspenseful, and so are an easy read. I thought this was the best I've read so far of his books - a bit more complex and suspenseful than the others. My ratings are not absolute, but usually relative to the genre I feel it fits into, so keep that in mind.

I read a lot of books like this, while exercising or just relaxing. I can sit on my stationary bike for an hour or more while reading - sometimes even while exercising. :-)

The book had a little tie-in with another book I read a while back, "The Terror", by Dan Simmons, who is an author I like a lot.

If you like the sort of book that's easy to read, where to good guys seem to always win, then you may enjoy this or other Cussler books. (

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MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |

This story was stretched out way too much but I stuck with it. The good and the evil in the Canadian North was the setting and the goal was solution of the world's global warming problem...awwww, don't it make you feel all warm and fruzzy inside? And, in the little mini-plots, just when you think that the hero is done for, a solution appears. Funny, that the director or a major DC agency has time to get out and play in the arctic...and his deputy too. Who's running the shop? Talking to Congress, cajoling Senators? Incredible. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Clive Cussler	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Cussler, Dirk	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada

Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada

King William Island

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Dedication

In memory of Leigh Hunt. And yes, there really was a Leigh Hunt.
A dear friend, bon vivant, wit, and madcap
Don Juan who had a way with women
that made him the envy of every man in town. I killed him off in the prologues of ten Dirk Pitt books. He always wanted to play a bigger role in the stories but didn't complain because he enjoyed the fame. So long, old pay, you are sorely missed.

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The cry rattled through the ship like the howl of a wounded jungle beast, a mournful wail that sounded like a plea for death.

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A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war . . . NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission, captain and crew perished to a man--and if Pitt and his colleague Al Giordino aren't careful, the very same fate may await them.

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De ontdekking van een middel tegen opwarming van de aarde valt niet bij iedereen in goede aarde. Een reeks onverklaarbare explosies en internationale incidenten, zorgen voor een dreigende oorlog. Oceaanonderzoeker Dirk Pitt en zijn kinderen proberen een verband te vinden, maar daardoor loopt ook hun leven gevaar. Deel in de serie over oceanograaf Dirk Pitt. Deze spannende actiethriller heeft verschillende onderwerpen: milieuproblemen, corruptie en wetenschappelijk onderzoek.De pogingen om te overleven in ijselijke weersomstandigheden worden bijzonder spannend beschreven. De karakters zijn ondergeschikt aan de actie; soms is de draad moeilijk te volgen door de ingewikkelde uitleg van natuurkundige problemen. Het verhaal wordt in een sneltreinvaart verteld en vertoont overeenkomsten met de vroegere romans van Desmond Bagley en Allister McClean: veel actie, geweld, verraad en een onherbergzaam landschap. Grappig is dat Pitt ergens in het verhaal geholpen wordt door een schrijver: Cussler. Paperback, vrij kleine druk. - Marian Verstappen-Naus

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