Reddit mentions of Ice Station: A Shane Schofield Thriller (Scarecrow Series)

Some of the best books I've read came from people recommending them to me. Please don't ever feel terrible for asking.

It might be a good idea to start with some fun books:

• Matthew Reilly's Ice Station is like an action movie in book form.
  
  
• Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a fun, fantastic, silly ride.
  
  
• Jim Butcher's Dresden Files is just a great series that gets better with each successive book.
  
  
• Dean Koontz Life Expectancy is one of my favorite books.

You should read Matthew Reily's Ice Station. :V

What I enjoyed as a teenager, and among the easier reads are Ender's Game, Animal Farm, and Ringworld. Less 'literature' are Rogue Warrior, X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, and Ice Station. Actually, I've never read a book by Matt Reilly (Ice Station) that I didn't finish in one day - they're hard to put down.

I definitely recommend it, especially if you like books and action.

Close plot but not the book I was looking for. After an extensive search through the intense action novel genre I have found it: Ice Station

It may also be http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Station-Matthew-Reilly/dp/0312971230

Main character wears reflective sunglasses to cover scarring over his eyes. The members of the research team at the station find a aircraft thousands of feet under the ice by swimming in through a tunnel in the ice. That tunnel opens inside their station. The station does get destroyed.

There is some background stuff set in the 70's involving a presidential aide that you find out was behind building the aircraft. His transport plane crashed and his disappearance was a mystery.