Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Boon, Sarah
Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Boon, Sarah

Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist

Meltdown tells the story of Sarah Boon's field adventures in snow and ice, the struggles of choosing...
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Author: Sarah Boon
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Language: English
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Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Boon, Sarah

Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist

$72.46
Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Boon, Sarah

Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist

$72.46
Author: Sarah Boon
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Meltdown tells the story of Sarah Boon's field adventures in snow and ice, the struggles of choosing an academic career over that of a writer, and the challenges of being a woman in science. An undergraduate field trip to Hilda Glacier in the Canadian Rockies ignites Boon's scientific passion, leading her to pursue a PhD in cold regions hydrology in the High Arctic while writing on the side. Her narrative blends adventure and academia, featuring experiences like traversing John Evans Glacier on Ellesmere Island, building weather stations in northern British Columbia, sampling proglacial rivers, and scaring away grizzlies with helicopters. Interwoven with tales of historic female explorers like Mary Sch?ffer Warren and Phyllis Munday, Meltdown celebrates the indomitable spirit of women in exploration. However, amid the rigours of fieldwork, Boon faces gender bias, department politics, and imposter syndrome. Her journey is marked by injury, mental health struggles, and job insecurity in the academic workplace. When a severe mental health diagnosis threatens her position, Boon must decide if leaving science is the only way to manage her illness. As the landscapes she studies undergo profound transformations, Boon's personal journey mirrors the evolving contours of her research. Meltdown is a candid narrative of developing identities, the need for open dialogue about scientific research and mental health, and one woman's search for work-life balance.



Author: Sarah Boon
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 06/17/2025
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781772127911

About the Author
Sarah Boon is a freelance writer and editor. She has published essays, book reviews, author interviews, and articles in a range of magazines and journals, including Science, Nature, Longreads, Flyway Journal, Electric Literature, and others. She trained as an environmental scientist and held a tenured position in physical geography before returning to her writing and editing roots. She is a member of the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and the Federation of BC Writers, and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. She was a co-founder of the Canadian science blogging network Science Borealis. She blogs at https: //watershednotes.ca/ and lives and works on southern Vancouver Island, traditional unceded territory of the Quwut'sun people.
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