Elizabeth Rush

Published: Oct. 14, 2023, 12:02 p.m.

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Her book The Quickening recounts an Antarctic expedition to Thwaites Glacier, which holds enough ice to raise sea levels three feet. \\u201cIt\\u2019s this otherworldly being that has the power to shape us.\\u201d But, she urges, please avoid its nickname, \\u201cDoomsday Glacier.\\u201d That\\u2019s just mean. Produced with Orion magazine.

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