Bibliograph

The quickening, creation and community at the ends of the Earth, Elizabeth Rush

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The quickening, creation and community at the ends of the Earth, Elizabeth Rush

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The quickening

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1365060891

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Rush

Sub title

creation and community at the ends of the Earth

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 publisherIn 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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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