CONTENTS 1 Attack of the Pizzabot 1 2 An Unusual Invitation 22 3 The Clutterbuck Prize 44 4 The Bottom of the World 58 5 Dining with the Enemy 70 6 Some Kind of Trouble 83 7 Happy Campers 94 8 Mysterious Message 110 9 Genius Is Overrated 123 10 The Underside of the Ice 136
11 Circle Marks the Spot 147 12 The Worst Idea Ever 162 13 Snowgoing 172 14 A Desert of Ice and Snow 183 15 The Call of the Seals 191 16 World of Wonders 212 17 The Future of Energy 226 This Is Reality People 232 Ten Absolutely Essential Questions About Antarctica 236 The Density Difference 242
1 Attack of the Pizzabot in in the alley Fred hovered above us awaiting instructions His four spinning blades buzzed like dragonflies Ava tapped the cracked screen of her old smartphone then dragged her finger slowly from the bottom to the top Fred rose higher Should I start Ava asked Absolutely I said Matt leaned forward and looked over at me his head tilted slightly You’re sure this is legal Jack Nope Definitely not I’d already checked and this sort of thing was completely against the law But the neighborhood neighborhood wasn’t even awake yet There was no one around to catch us and we absolutely had to find out what was going on in the building across the street It’s totally fine I lied Trust me Fred spun tilted forward and zoomed toward his target Did I mention that he was a robot A plastic cube basically 1
