Time of the Great Freeze
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Time of the Great Freeze is a science fiction
novel by Robert Silverberg
, first published by Holt Rhinehart Winston in 1964. The novel concerns a group of explorers, living in an underground city three hundred years after an environmental
catastrophe has triggered a new Ice Age
, who decide to leave their safe haven after making contact with another city via radio
transmissions. Once on the surface, they set out across the mostly frozen wasteland of North America
, and eventually across the icy surface of the Atlantic Ocean
, and along the way encounter descendants of survivors of the original catastrophe who were unable to seek refuge underground.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel by Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...
, first published by Holt Rhinehart Winston in 1964. The novel concerns a group of explorers, living in an underground city three hundred years after an environmental
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
catastrophe has triggered a new Ice Age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
, who decide to leave their safe haven after making contact with another city via radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
transmissions. Once on the surface, they set out across the mostly frozen wasteland of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, and eventually across the icy surface of the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
, and along the way encounter descendants of survivors of the original catastrophe who were unable to seek refuge underground.