"Running away to Hobart on the edge of Tasmania was supposed to make their lives better. But for Isla and her brother, their mother's sadness and the cold, damp gray of Hobart's stone streets seep into everything. Then, one morning, Isla sees a bright red ship. And when one of its sailors befriends her mother, he shares his stories of adventure with them all -- of Antarctica, his home in Denmark, and life onboard. While this modern Viking is searching...