SOUTH POLE STATION

Finding herself adrift following her twin brother's suicide, painter Cooper Gosling decides to accept a year-long fellowship to an artists and writers program in Antarctica. Narrator Rebecca Gibel provides an irreverent tone for Cooper and the motley cast of characters whose motivations for going to the South Pole range from studying climate change to creating art to escaping reality back home. Gibel's voicing adequately captures the eccentric group, who frequently lapse into exasperated arguing with one another, especially when holding forth on their scientific beliefs, which Gibel narrates with clarity. She also provides accents for non-native English-speaking characters, which aid in differentiating the many idiosyncratic personalities. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2017]