![]() It also shares some characters with the Science In The Capital trilogy, such as Wade Norton and US Senator Phil Chase. It follows several characters from their own point of view, and is rich with passages on Antarctic history.Īntarctica shares many themes with the Mars trilogy, such as environmental awareness, the exploitation of natural resources, feral living style and descriptions of landscapes with conditions as extreme as those in the Mars novels - because of the similarity in the themes of both works, Antarctica has been called " White Mars" by some. ![]() Set in the close future at the time of writing (start of 21st century), it describes the adventures of a US Senator envoyé in Antarctica, who investigates happenings related to the upcoming renegotiation of the Antarctic Treaty and discovers local Antarctic cultures, either ferals living off the land or ecoteurs (ecological saboteurs) fighting against environmental degradation. It was written as a result of Robinson's experience in the continent itself during a visit organized by the "Artists & Writers" program of the National Science Foundation in 1995. Antarctica is Robinson's first novel published after the success of the Mars trilogy, published in 1997. ![]()
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