A review by sonofachipwich
Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson

Much more readable, for me, than the Mars books. Like them but in microcosm, smaller scale, more human. Valerie is a stand-out character (boy does this guy love his tall women). The way the stories come together and wrap up is a little out-of-nowhere, and no character truly drives the plot, but it is more about their collective experiences and transformations out on the ice allowing them to face up to the problems in their personal lives and in the world at large.