Under Arctic Ice

"Under Arctic Ice" by Harry Bates is a gripping science fiction story about a daring rescue mission in the frigid Arctic. When the submarine "Peary" vanishes, Kenneth Torrance, a man haunted by prior encounters with sealmen, throws himself into a quest to save the trapped crew. Dismissed as delusional by many, Kenneth risks his life, battling treacherous storms and crashing his aircraft, to reach the icy depths. He navigates the dark, underwater world in a self-made torpoon, finding the "Peary" captured by intelligent sealmen seeking vengeance for past wrongs. As tensions rise, Kenneth confronts the sealmen, hatching a plan involving explosives to liberate the crew against the clock, while battling the sealmen's thirst for revenge. This intense narrative explores themes of survival, the struggle against nature's fury, and the lengths one man goes to despite facing impossible odds.