Ocean Under the Ice

{{Short description|1994 novel by Robert L. Forward}}

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Ocean Under the Ice is a science fiction novel by Robert L. Forward,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/forward_robert_l|title = Authors : Forward, Robert L : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia}} collaborating with his wife, Martha Dodson Forward.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/forward_martha_dodson|title = Authors : Forward, Martha Dodson : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia}} It is part of the Rocheworld series, about an expedition to explore planets found in orbit around Barnard's Star. It was written after Marooned on Eden, but is before it in the continuity. This is the third book in the continuity. It follows the crew of humans and Flouwen as they explore Zulu, a moon of the gas planet Gargantua, and encounter 2 sentient species, the icerugs and the coelasharks.

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| name = Ocean Under the Ice

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| image = File:OceanUnderTheIce.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first edition

| cover_artist = David Mattingly

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Rocheworld series

| publisher = Baen Books

| published = 1994

| author = Robert L. Forward and Martha Dodson Forward

| preceded_by = Return to Rocheworld

| followed_by = Marooned on Eden

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