I liked this. It was a decent mystery in an interesting locale. My one beef would really be when the author briefly switches narrative voices. This is mostly done so we can see/hear how our main character is perceived by a woman. It felt extremely insincere and was mostly unnecessary. Every time it happened I felt like throwing the book at someone, probably the author or his editor. That aside, it's a good book. The arctic is a landscape ripe for literary purposes and has mostly been ignored by mainstream literature. So books like this are nice to see. Plus, what a beautiful title!