Arctic Chill

Arctic Chill

Infobox Book |
name = Arctic Chill
title_orig = Vetrarborgin
translator = Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb
author = Arnaldur Indriðason
country = Iceland
language = Icelandic
series = Detective Erlendur, #7
genre = Crime, Mystery novel
publisher = Harvill Secker
release_date = 2005 (orig.) & September 2008 (Eng. trans.)
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
pages = 344 pp (Eng. trans.)
isbn = ISBN 9781846550652 (Eng. trans.)
preceded_by = The Draining Lake
followed_by =

"Arctic Chill" ("Icelandic:" Vetrarborgin) is a 2008 translation of a 2005 crime novel by Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason, another entry in the multi award-winning Detective Erlendur series.

The book is the first of Indriðason's works to be translated into English by someone other than Bernard Scudder, as he died of a heart attack before his translation was complete. Victoria Cribb completed it.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • chill — [adj1] cold, raw arctic, biting, bleak, brisk, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, sharp, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, warm chill [adj2] unfriendly, aloof cool, depressing, discouraging, dismal, dispiriting,… …   New thesaurus

  • arctic — [adj] very cold chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, polar; concept 605 Ant. tropic …   New thesaurus

  • chill — 1. noun 1) a chill in the air Syn: coldness, chilliness, coolness, iciness, rawness, bitterness, nip Ant: warmth 2) he had a chill Syn: a …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Arctic Basin Marine — The Arctic Basin is a Canadian marine ecozone encompassing the northwestern areas of waters on the Arctic continental shelf. It is bitterly cold and permanently covered in ice. Polar nights and the midnight sun may last months in this region,… …   Wikipedia

  • chill — 1. noun 1) a chill in the air Syn: coldness, chilliness, coolness, nip 2) he had a chill Syn: cold, dose of flu, fever 3) a chill ran down my spine Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • chill — Synonyms and related words: Laodiceanism, abscess, absolute zero, abstracted, ache, aching, affectless, ague, air condition, air cool, algidity, aloof, aloofness, anemia, anesthesia, anesthetized, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, arctic, asphyxiation,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • arctic — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, aestival, affectless, algid, anesthetized, antarctic, austral, autistic, autumn, autumnal, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, blunt, boreal, brisk, brumal, canicular, catatonic, chill, chilly,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • chill — n 1. cold, coldness, frigidity, gelidity, algidity, iciness; glaciation, Physics. regelation; briskness, chilliness, coolness; bitterness, rawness, bleakness; shivers, numbness, Pathol. algor. 2. influenza, flu, grippe, Inf. bug; fever, ague,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Wind chill — This page is for the meteorological effect of wind chill. For the film, see Wind Chill. Wind chill is the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin, which is a function of the air temperature and wind speed. The wind chill temperature (often… …   Wikipedia

  • USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) — USNS Arctic (T AOE 8), formerly USS Arctic (AOE 8), is the third ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships and is the fifth supply ship to carry the name of the region surrounding the North Pole. Arctic was built by National Steel and …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”