I doubt I will ever go to the Antarctic but this book makes me feel I’ve (almost) encountered it. Bradfield recommends listening to the “unearthly” underwater vocalisations of Weddell seals, and making changes at home to prevent plastic pollution and carbon emissions that can make a difference in Antarctica – a place she has worked in since 2004 as a naturalist on ecotourism expedition ships and been obsessed with since discovering Alfred Lansing’s Endurance at a used book store in 1997.