Бъдещето е апокалиптично - 100 години след мощен атомен взрив на Луната, Земята е засегната и малкото оцелели живеят в Ледена епоха. Малка група хора, преживели катаклизма, се свързват със земляни, успели да избягат преди катастрофата. Главните герои живеят на станция "Ледена звезда". Тяхната мисия е да възродят Слънцето и да върнат светлината му на Земята.

Une nouvelle ère glacière sévit sur la terre depuis des siècles. Le soleil a été oublié depuis bien longtemps. Cal, un jeune homme courageux et droit, s'efforce de faire revenir la chaleur de cette mémoire oubliée, mais il doit lutter constamment contre la conspiration des Aiguilleurs qui voudraient lui cacher la vérité. Durant sa quête pour retrouver sa mère, Cal devra affronter les Aiguilleurs et leur chef, à la poigne de fer, Palador. Corrompus, violents, malhonnêtes, ils feront tout pour empêcher Cal d'apprendre la vérité sur le monde de la Glace.

Grand Star, called La Compagnie des Glaces in France is a Canadian French Belgian Co-production science fiction television series playing on Space and A-Channel as of September 2007.

Set in an apocalyptic future 100 years after a cataclysmic nuclear explosion on the Moon sends the Earth into a new Ice Age, the show revolves around the interactions between a small community of Earth survivors and the returning descendants of colonists who escaped Earth in advance of the disaster. The series is adapted from a series of novels called La Compagnie des glaces by Georges-Jean Arnaud.

A multiplayer strategy game based on the universe of the TV series was launched in 2007. In the game, players face each other and use their trains to gather money for the control of energy sources.

A French video game named Transarctica was also based on the novel series and haphazardly translated into English.

The first novel in the series was translated in 2010 under the title The Ice Company by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier ISBN 978-1-935558-31-6