Listening To The Big Ice Of Antarctica
In Antarctica, there are more than 5 million cubic yards of ice per person on Earth. In it, there are deep questions about us, the planet and the future.
How far can one go from the Earth without actually leaving the planet? The answer lies in a really vast place that, for the most part, has never been walked on by a human: Antarctica.
Very little society has evolved on the ice continent. Several thousand people live there, spread across a few dozen scientific bases and stations, most of which operate only during the summer. They come from other continents for short periods, researching or looking after the researchers, fully supported by resources flown or shipped in from other continents.
In a sentence: Antarctica is the most extreme place on the planet. And by being so alien to our human experience, so unfiltered by civilization, it brings forward fundamental questions.
Questions such as: What are we doing to the planet that gives us life, and how will we protect it? Or: How are we going to live together in the future in a way that’s peaceful and just?
