The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World

by Elizabeth Rush

An NPR Best Book of the Year

"The Quickening is a book of hope."--Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky

An astonishing, vital work about Antarctica, climate change, and community.

In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: the ominous Thwaites Glacier at Antarctica's western edge. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571311793
• ISBN13: 9781571311795
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 424 Pages