From the author of Rising , finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, an astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and community.
Urgent, brave, and vulnerable, The Quickening is an absorbing account of Hope from one of our most celebrated and treasured contemporary authors..
With the contributions and concerns of women, who were largely excluded from voyages until the last few decades, and of crew members of color, whose labor has often gone unrecognized.
With understanding the language of a continent where humans have only been present for two centuries.
Along the way, Rush takes readers on a personal journey around a more intimate question: What does it mean to create and celebrate life in a time of radical planetary change? What emerges is a new kind of Antarctica story, one preoccupied not with flag planting and heroism but with the collective and challenging work of imagining a better future.
All the effort that goes into caring for the human and more-than-human worlds.
Long hours in the lab.
A ping-pong tournament at sea.
The Quickening documents a groundbreaking voyage punctuated by both the sublime--the tangible consequences of our melting icecaps; the staggering waves of the Drake Passage; the torqued, unfamiliar contours of Thwaites--and the everyday moments of living and working in community.
And with them is author Elizabeth Rush, who seeks, among other things, the elusive voice of the ice.
Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans.
Their destination: the ominous Thwaites Glacier at Antarctica\'s western edge.
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In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B.
From the author of Rising , finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, an astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and community
