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Freya has come to Antarctica ostensibly to undertake a photographic expedition to pay tribute to Frank Hurley's iconic images - but also to escape a stifling relationship. Once she is there, though, living in the cramped and close confines of Davis Station, the extraordinary world of Antarctica gets under her skin and she starts to unfurl, finding her world change in ways she would never previously have thought possible.
Weaving a vivid re-creation of Douglas Mawson's ill-fated 1911-14 Antarctic expedition into the contemporary story of a woman coming to terms with the breakdown of her marriage, The Nature of Ice is a poetic, multi-stranded novel of present and past, hope and tragedy, love and loss. It is both a love story of place, bringing to vivid life the haunting landscape of Antarctica, the frozen continent that intrigues us all. (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To Nancy Robinson Flannery, with love and admiration.
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Epigraph: After Antarctica, nothing is the same...-Thomas Keneally, 2003.
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Author's note: Misspellings and original punctuation in the archival material have been retained.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Year's Work in Fiction: 2009-2010
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 55 no. 1 2010; (p. 119-139)
— Review of Fear Factor : Terror Incognito 2009 anthology short story extract ; A True History of the Hula Hoop 2009 single work novel ; The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel ; Swimming : A Novel 2004 single work novel ; The Bath Fugues 2009 selected work novella ; The Lost Life 2009 single work novel ; Rainforest Narratives : The Work of Janette Turner Hospital 2009 single work criticism ; Brian Castro's Fiction : The Seductive Play of Language 2008 multi chapter work criticism ; Legacy 2009 single work novel ; The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel ; Lovesong 2009 single work novel ; Wonders of a Godless World 2009 single work novel ; Smoke in the Room 2009 single work novel ; The Australian Long Story 2009 anthology short story prose novella autobiography ; Every Secret Thing 2008 selected work short story ; Arrhythmia : Stories of Desire 2009 selected work short story ; The China Garden 2009 single work novel ; Barley Patch 2009 single work novel ; Tom Hurstbourne, or, A Squatter's Life 2010 single work novel ; Truth 2009 single work novel ; The Window Seat and Other Stories 2009 selected work short story ; Headlong : A Novel 2009 single work novel ; The Legacy 2010 single work novel -
Review : The World Beneath, The Nature of Ice
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Summer no. 5 2010; (p. 116-118)
— Review of The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel -
Fiction : The Nature of Ice - Robyn Mundy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 119 2009; (p. 65-67)
— Review of The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel -
Polar Fictions Inspired by Exploration
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel ; Shackleton's Drift 2009 single work novel -
[Review] The Nature of Ice
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel
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Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 November 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of What Doesn't Kill You 2009 single work novel ; Storymen 2009 single work life story ; The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel ; On the Run 2009 single work novel -
[Review] The Nature of Ice
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel -
Polar Fictions Inspired by Exploration
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel ; Shackleton's Drift 2009 single work novel -
Fiction : The Nature of Ice - Robyn Mundy
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 119 2009; (p. 65-67)
— Review of The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel -
Review : The World Beneath, The Nature of Ice
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Summer no. 5 2010; (p. 116-118)
— Review of The World Beneath 2009 single work novel ; The Nature of Ice 2009 single work novel
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- Antarctica,