TY - BOOK AU - Rush,Elizabeth A. TI - The quickening: creation and community at the ends of the Earth SN - 9781571313966 PY - 2023/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Milkweed Editions KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Antarctica KW - Explorers KW - Climatic changes KW - Women and the environment KW - Motherhood KW - Description and travel KW - Environmental conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 N2 - "An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction"-- ER -