Ice (Dukaj novel)
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Ice is a 2007 Polish novel by the Polish science fiction writer Jacek Dukaj, published in Poland by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The novel mixes alternate history with science fiction elements, in particul
Polish edition cover.
Tunguska event
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The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons TNT equivalent that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, on the morning of 30 June 1908
Ice (Dukaj novel)
…story of the book takes place in an alternate universe where the First World War never occurred and Poland is still under Russian rule. Following the Tunguska event, the Ice, a mysterious form of matter, has covered parts of Siberia in the Russian Empire and started expanding outwards, reaching Warsaw. The appearance…
Trees knocked down and burned by the blast. (image from over two decades after the event)
Tunguska marshes, near the site of the explosion. This photo was published in the magazine Around the World in 1931. The original photo was taken between 1927 and 1930 (presumptively no later than 14 September 1930).[citation needed]
Sample of burn damaged tree, museum of Moscow State University
Thin section of a fragment of "John's stone" from the epicentre of the Tunguska event. "John's stone" was suspected of being a Tunguska meteorite fragment, but is in fact a metamorphic, terrestrial rock.