The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush Paperback Book 9781571311795

An NPR Best Book of the YearA 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads SelectionWinner of the CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative NonfictionquotThe Quickening is a book of hopequotElizabeth Kolbert author of Under a White SkyAn astonishing vital work about Antarctica climate change and communityIn 2019 fiftyseven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B Palmer Their destination the ominous Thwaites Glacier at Antarcticas western edge Their goal to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place never before visited by humans And with them is author Elizabeth Rush who seeks among other things the elusive voice of the iceRush shares her story of a groundbreaking voyage punctuated by both the sublimeamp8212the tangible consequences of our melting icecaps the staggering waves of the Drake Passage the torqued unfamiliar contours of Thwaitesamp8212and the everyday moments of living and working in community A pingpong tournament at sea Long hours in the lab All the effort that goes into caring for the human and morethanhuman worlds Along the way Rush takes readers on a personal journey around a more intimate question What does it mean to create and celebrate life...