THE LAST WINTER The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World

Narrator Jeremy Arthur strikes the right balance between dramatic storytelling and a journalistic tone in this remarkable audiobook about climate change. His deliberate pace lets the stats sink in as he straightforwardly delivers the scientific information. Author Fox has found a trove of invaluable data in his globe-trotting climate reporting, which includes stops in the Cascades, Alaska, Greenland, and Switzerland. He interviews experts and aficionados ranging from glaciologists to alpinists to help him suss out the crushing facts of rising oceans, calving glaciers, and hottest temperatures. A new dad, Fox grew up in northern Maine and often wrote about the world's great ski slopes. Now he hopes his daughter will get to schuss the snow-blanketed mountains and witness the austere beauty of cold country. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2021]