How long does it take to read Ice Station?
Ice Station by Matthew Reilly takes about 8 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Scarecrow Series
Next: Area 7
About 8 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1999. 462 pages, about 127,050 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A great roller coaster of a thriller. Scarecrow leads a crack team of Marines into Antarctica for what is believed to be a UFO buried beneath the ice. Before arriving there are several mysterious deaths and a French incursionary force to contend with, then the British SAS arrive followed by other foreign teams all set to kill for the secret UFO or else blow everyone and it up. It's a race against the elements, a race against time and a race against everyone who wants the UFO. What is the mystery of the UFO? Will the mysterious deaths be solved? Will Scarecrow and his team survive? This awesome book is hard to put down, so set aside a weekend and go for it!
Subjects: Australian Author, Antarctica in fiction, Scientists, Killer Whale, Fiction, American
