A Deadly Thaw by Frederick Ross
When a team of researchers from Canada's Arctic Institute travel to York Factory to disinter a grave, they unwittingly stumble upon more than they bargained for buried in the permafrost. Their research is focused on the old Hudson Bay Company fort cemetery, where they are attempting to find a definitive cause of the famed York Factory Complaint of 1833 - 1836. But alongside the now-opened grave of Joseph Charles, a company man who had succumbed to the complaint in 1836, they find a Hudson's Bay point blanket, an artifact of particular significance to the archeologist of the team, Rachel Thompson, and an indication that Chipewyan people were likely buried there as well. Upon their return from York Factory, Thompson, another member of her team, and the bush pilot who ferried them to their research site, fall gravely ill. When infectious disease interns have the good fortune to be on hand in the remote north as part of a study, they examine the ailing pilot and are horrified to confirm that he suffers from smallpox, a disease thought eradicated worldwide in 1977. A simultaneous smallpox outbreak occurs in Russia, and suddenly the world must ask the question: how could a disease surviving only within the vault-like security of the world's two level four containment labs have been unleashed to ravage millions? Could the melting permafrost be releasing this deadly contagion?Deadly Thaw is a richly imagined story that could be ripped from news headlines emerging from a planet struggling with the impacts of global climate change. Meticulously researched, steeped in history, and offering a touching lament for the fate of many First Nations people killed by smallpox infections carried from the old world, the story will have readers racing to reach its end and sleepless at imagining potential terrors that might await them....
Ross, Frederick: - Author Frederick Ross is the author of A Deadly Thaw: The York Factory Connection, and is a licensed family physician who has been practising in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for the past forty-seven years, with an interest in infectious diseases. Frederick lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Helga Irene (Trixie), of forty-nine years and their affable dog Scotty Braveheart (bichon-poodle mix). The couple spends a great deal of their winters as snowbirds in Fountain Hills, Arizona, where Frederick writes, paints, and hikes.
During this time spent in Arizona, Frederick was inspired by the unique and fascinating history of the Pueblo people, and has explored numerous ancient pre-Columbian native historical sites, such as Chaco Canyon.
He has four children all living in Winnipeg, and five lively and talented grandchildren.
During this time spent in Arizona, Frederick was inspired by the unique and fascinating history of the Pueblo people, and has explored numerous ancient pre-Columbian native historical sites, such as Chaco Canyon.
He has four children all living in Winnipeg, and five lively and talented grandchildren.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781525518263 |
| ISBN 10 | 1525518267 |
| Title | A Deadly Thaw |
| Author | Frederick Ross |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | FriesenPress |
| Year published | 2018-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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