Pandora — Michael Cole

When a group of NASA scientists are informed that a monolithic gray mass is entrenched in the largest glacier in Antarctica, they set out on a mission in a nuclear submarine to establish contact with it. But first they must penetrate a sheet of ice two and a half miles thick so they can reach a subglacial lake. Much to their dismay, upon entering the lake, they discover that the Russians are intent on doing the same thing. When they launch a torpedo at the American submarine, an unearthly force hurls the Russian sub into the Polar Sea. Just as the scientists are about to make contact with the alien life form, an gigantic earthquake occurs. The few survivors soon experience a series of horrific events that will forever change their lives.