
Icerigger

Icerigger is a 1974 science fiction novel by American writer Alan Dean Foster. Like many of Foster's science-fiction novels, "Icerigger" takes place within his Humanx Commonwealth fictional universe. The book's two sequels are "Mission to Moulokin" and "The Deluge Drivers."
Plot.
After an unfortunate accident, Ethan Fortune, a simple salesman and sophisticated interstellar traveler, finds himself stranded on the deadly frozen world of Trần-Ky-Ky with professional adventurer Skua September. Together they search for a way off the planet while fighting against both the extreme weather and deadly fauna of the alien world.