{"product_id":"the-quickening-antarctica-motherhood-and-cultivating-hope-in-a-warming-world-9781571311795","title":"The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Quickening \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of hope.\"--Elizabeth Kolbert, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder a White Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astonishing, vital work about Antarctica, climate change, and community.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 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 ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRush shares her story of 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. A ping-pong tournament at sea. Long hours in the lab. All the effort that goes into caring for the human and more-than-human 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 in a time of radical planetary change?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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. With understanding the language of a continent where humans have only been present for two centuries. 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. Urgent, brave, and vulnerable, \u003ci\u003e The Quickening \u003c\/i\u003eis an absorbing account of hope from one of our most celebrated and treasured contemporary authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424","brand":"Elizabeth Rush","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315122696373,"sku":"9781571311795","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e15ce5cc-dec0-4bcd-b8ab-d1da92891028.jpg?v=1718720307","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-quickening-antarctica-motherhood-and-cultivating-hope-in-a-warming-world-9781571311795","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}