A review by liberrydude
A Blizzard of Polar Bears by Alice Henderson

4.0

A fast paced thriller set in Churchill, Manitoba. Alex leaves her wolverines in Montana to study polar bears in Canada. After some great days working on the ice from a helicopter she finds someone rummaging through her lab. What are they looking for? Her next trip to the floes her onboard supplies have been disturbed. She sleeps next to the helicopter. Her pilot leaves. Finally back in the air the helo is either hit by ground fire or a bomb disables it in flight. Thus ensues a mini Shackleton event of survival in storms while a crazed poacher and some thieves on snowmobiles hunt her and her assistant and pilot down. It’s all pretty wild and unrelenting. Somebody thinks she has something of theirs. There’s a missing marine archaeologist and a shady industrialist on the periphery too. Also a big reveal from the first book.

Alex has a PhD but she’s got some serious special skills. Her body count is not something to ignore. I’m ready for her next adventure with caribou in Washington.