Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice

Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice
Author	Victor Appleton
Original title	Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, The Wreck of the Airship
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Tom Swift
Genre	Young adult novel Adventure novel
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1911
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	200+ pp
ISBN	978-1514825693
Preceded by	Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers
Followed by	Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
Text	Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice at Wikisource

Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, The Wreck of the Airship, is Volume 8 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.

Plot summary

Tom Swift & friends journey to the Arctic in his custom airship to seek for the legendary Valley of Gold. When his map is stolen by his longtime nemesis, Andy Foger, who has himself built a competing airship, the race is on across frigid Alaska to see who will be the first to find the limitless fortune.

Inventions & innovation

Another story where no major invention is produced by Tom. He did create a special new lifting gas for his airship, needed to overcome the atmospheric problems they may encounter in the Arctic North. As a side-invention, Tom has been working on a new electric rifle, but it is not properly introduced in this story.

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