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This novel was a runner-up for the "Guardian" Award.A young girl living with a scientific colony in the Canadian arctic is caught between two cultures when she makes contact with the nomadic Ekoes, who are threatened by the scientists' work.Bored with city life, Liza stows away with a scientific expedition into the snow fields. The dark ring in the sky forecasts a new ice age, the scientists seek to avert worldwide disaster, and Liza faces deadly danger.