Plateau

Novel written by Nickel Van Duijvenboden, published as set of two books; one in English and one in Dutch. Plateau features two scientists stationed on the Arctic drift ice for a year in the Cold War era. "Except for the stars there were no reference points here: no hills, no mainland, no vegetation – nothing that counterbalanced the uniform character of this frozen ocean landscape." The question how the expedition members should relate to this landscape forms the heart of a discussion which seems to be driving them apart.