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The continent’s frozen vastness holds 80 percent of the globe’s fresh water. The faster climate change melts that water into the oceans, the nearer we edge to catastrophe.
Julian Sancton is a senior features editor at Departures magazine, where he writes about culture and travel. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New Yorker, Wired, and Playboy, among other publications. He has reported from every continent, including Antarctica, which he first visited while researching Madhouse at the End of the World.