Historian Belanger was asked to help document the effort that people made to plan, build, and help operate the network of facilities in Antarctica that were designed to support US scientists during the IGY, which was scheduled to begin in the middle of 1957. The story includes logistics for the high latitudes, Little America V as the science flagship on the ice shelf, dropped on the South Pole from the sky, Antarctic weather quest, and the experience of life on the ice. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)