Officially, Shane Peltzer had walked into the Antarctic interior to his death and reporter JP Weiscarver has no reason to suspect otherwise until the unwitting intervention of a penguin. With his nose for news compelling him to take a closer look, JP sets about ferreting out a story on the world's coldest, highest and windiest continent. JP Weiscarver often says the most rewarding aspect of a reporter's job is the opportunity it affords one to experience new things, different places and intriguing people. Such has never been more valid than when the journalist from Oldport, a small city on the Gulf of Mexico, earns a chance to work in Antarctica for a summer season. While JP enjoys the remarkable scenery and people of the Ice, he still manages to stumble upon the story of a mysterious disappearance, written off a year earlier as an accident. Exploring possible crimes is not his job here and he's not sure everyone wants the truth uncovered.