These terrifying tales will take you to the very brink of madness, in the remote, bleak and ominous wastes of Earth's polar regions.

Contents:

Ghost by Henry Kuttner (Astounding Science-Fiction 1943)

"An attempted exorcism at a centre of science in Antarctica."

The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov (1906)

"A disastrous epidemic in a supposed Antarctic utopia."

The Ice-Demon by Clark Ashton Smith (Weird Tales 1933)

"A hunter who seeks to plunder jewels from a glacial tomb."

The Moonstone Mass by Harriet Prescott Spofford (Harper's Magazine 1868)

"An attempt to cross the Northwest Passage results in a series of unusual events."

Prunes by C. P. Howard (HorrorBabble 2024)

"The water between the lighthouse and the island started to freeze, and the lone watchman looked on in horror."