Alistair McLean (19221987) British writer, author of 28 action-adventure novels and short stories, screenwriter. His name is widely known to readers around the world. MacLean's books have sold more than 150 million copies, his novels, scripts and plots were shot 18 films. In 1983, the University of Glasgow awarded the writer with the degree of Doctor of Literature .. From 1941 to 1946, McLean served in the Navy, took part in military operations and polar convoys, which gave him the richest material for creativity and determined the theme of his best books. This collection combines the theme of the Arctic, and opens his novel “Night has no end”. Plane crashes in Greenland. The staff of the weather station rushes to the aid of passengers, and the circumstances of the disaster suggest that among the survivors there is a killer... From the polar station in the Arctic Ocean, a distress signal comes, and a nuclear submarine is sent to the area (“Drifting station “Zet”). In the course of a complex rescue operation, the account goes to the clock... A film crew is taken to a remote island in the Barents Sea, but the script remains a mystery for most (“Bear Island”). During the voyage, several people suddenly die, and there is a suspicion that the choice of victims is not accidental ... In the novel “Athabasca”, the action takes place in Alaska The oil company receives an anonymous threat of sabotage, but the investigation comes to a standstill...