Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, who contributed to the development of the genre of the adventure fiction. The adventure fiction features the strict opposition between the good characters and the evil ones. It also features the exaggeration of the experience and feelings as well as the use of mysteries and riddles. An unexpected ending is typical of such stories. He is often considered the founding father of the science-fiction as well. According to UNESCO Jules Verne's are on the second place out of all the books in the world, judging on the amount of their translations. 'A Winter Among Ice' is an adventure novella first published in 1855. It tells us a story of a captain who sees a Norwegian ship wrecking. He takes a boat and rushes to save it. But he doesn't return and his crew has to sail back without him. When his father gets to know this he arranges a rescue party. When the rescue party finds his son and the ship they all have to survive the winter there. Will they manage to do this? Read this thrilling story and you will know!