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The host highlighted the book as a favorite because it recounted the daring 19th‑century expeditions across Greenland’s ice sheet, long before modern climate science. It examined the explorers’ drive for fame and a morbid fascination with death, while drawing connections to today’s climate concerns. The discussion conveyed strong admiration for the title.
Episode: The End
It was discussed as a book about explorers in the late 1800s who walked across Greenland's ice sheet, long before the scientific understanding of climate change.
I fell pretty deep into a few books before this trip. My favorite was called The Ice at the End of the World by John Gertner.
Episode: 09 The End
It chronicles how, in the late 1800s, lunatic explorers tried to walk across Greenland's ice sheet, often dying in the process. The author reflects on their motivations, highlighting both the pursuit of fame and a darker, almost self-destructive fascination with death.
a weird beauty without feeling as though of a dead planet built of shining white marble And everything so still so awfully still with the silence that shall one day rain When the earth becomes desolate and empty when the fox will no more haunt these marines When the bear will no longer wander about on the ice out there When even the wind will not rage Infinite silence Isn't that beautiful