The World’s Carolyn Beeler is on a ship bound for Antarctica on an expedition looking into the fate of one of the frozen continent’s biggest glaciers. What they learn could tell us a lot about how quickly sea levels around the world will rise.
It’s sobering work, but it does have its moments of just plain joy, like the ship’s first encounters with icebergs as it was about to cross the Antarctic Circle.
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Editor’s note: The audio version of this story included an incorrect last name for one of the scientists on board the Nathaniel B. Palmer. The correct name is Kelly Hogan, not Kelly Logan.
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