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The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth / Elizabeth Rush.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rush, Elizabeth A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antarctica--Description and travel.
- Antarctica.
- Antarctica--Environmental conditions.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Antarctica.
- Nature.
- Explorers--Antarctica.
- Explorers.
- Climatic changes.
- Women and the environment.
- Motherhood.
- Ecology.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Physical Description:
- 397 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2023.
- Summary:
- "An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction"-- Provided by publisher.
- In 2019, the ship the Nathaniel B. Palmer set out for Thwaites Glacier, never before visited by humans. The crew's goal: to learn as much as possible about the deterioration of the "Doomsday Glacier" and its potentially catastrophic impact on rising sea levels. Rush provides an astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change-- and motherhood in a time of radical planetary change. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Cast of characters
- Prologue
- Act one : Departures ; Stalled ; First passage
- Act two : Into the ice ; Islands ; Between the past and the future
- Act three : Arrival ; Nameless bay ; Underneath
- Act four : The quickening ; Holding season ; Going to pieces
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rush, Elizabeth A. Quickening
- ISBN:
- 9781571313966
- 1571313966
- OCLC:
- 1365060891
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