Inside the Turbulent Journey of Sarah Boon: Secrets Behind the Rise and Fall of a Field Scientist
Interviewed by Hillary Moses Mohaupt
Sarah Boon’s memoir, Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist (University of Alberta Press), is the story of a glaciologist who forges her path in the male-dominated field of glacial hydrology, then finds her way to writing after a mental health crisis that ended her field research and academic career.
Filled with rich descriptions of snowy landscapes and the scientific processes through which Boon conducted her fieldwork, Meltdown helps readers understand the crises facing our climate and as well as those in western academia, bringing them down to a human and individual level.
