In 2123, Antarctica’s glaciers are the final source of fresh water, controlled, melted, and exported by the StarCross corporation's Spigot facility. Roscoe Slake thought his internship with StarCross would be his ticket off-world. Instead, he’s stuck in Spigot's archives, where he stumbles upon a record from the Ross Antarctic Expedition of 1839-43. What Roscoe discovers could upend the balance of power and make fresh water plentiful again—if he survives long enough to expose it.