South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby

Cooper is at a crossroads in her life. Her brother has committed suicide, she is trying to get her dad's praise and up until now, hasn't done much with her art degree. She doesn't really have a plan or a path to take. So she takes the road that ends at the South Pole. As a member of an artist-in-residence program Cooper is met with scorn from her fellow scientist heavy hut mates and basically just tries to adjust to a life with little privacy or warmth. Then a new kind of scientist arrives that knocks the place out of the atmosphere shaking up Cooper and the rest of the team. Goofy but it tackles real problems, snarky but serious and warm enough to defrost the most serious of readers, this is a delight and perfect for the heat of summer.