Under A Pole Star by Stef Penney

In the late 19th century, a whaler’s daughter turned pioneering polar explorer pushes into Greenland’s ice, where she and an American geologist on a rival expedition are drawn into a passionate, perilous bond. As North Pole fever escalates, ambition, love, and scientific rivalry clash with brutal conditions and the complex realities of the Inuit communities who guide them. Years later, a glittering New York gathering revives old claims and buried secrets, forcing a reckoning with what was lost and what was truly discovered.

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