As a volcanologist, natural hazards expert, and founder of Blueprint Earth, Jess Phoenix has dedicated her life to scientific exploration. Her career path-hard earned in the male-dominated world of science, has led her into still-flowing Hawaiian lava fields, congressional races, glittering cocktail parties at Manhattan's elite Explorers Club, and numerous pairs of Caterpillar work boots. It has also inspired her to devote her life to making science more inclusive and accessible.
Ms. Adventure skillfully blends personal memoir, daring adventure, and scientific exploration, following Phoenix's journey from reality television sites deep in Ecuadorian jungles to Andean glaciers, university classrooms to Death Valley in summer. She has even chased down members of a Mexican cartel to retrieve a stolen favorite rock hammer. Readers will delight in her unbelievable adventures, all embarked on for the love of science.
Ms. Adventure tells the story of Jess Phoenix's extraordinary career in geology, and how the barriers she faced along the way inspired her to advocate for more diversity in science.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments • Welcome to the Club • Into the Valley of Death • Mauna Loa: The Long Mountain • Kīlauea: The Spewer • Lō'ihi Seamount: The Tall Mountain • Nevado Salkantay: The Savage Mountain • Sierra Madre Occidental: The Mother Mountains • El Reventador: The Eruptor • The Explorers Index
