Organized into nine chapters, each detailing different geographic and geologic phenomena in Antarctica, Michelle Ott combines memorable stories about living and working at the Station with charming illustrations, hand-drawn maps, and accessible statistical data to illuminate important research conducted at the South Pole, as well as the emotional realizations and life lessons she learned there. 

The goal of the design was to create something that was a balance of: nerdy, accessible, adventurous, and introspective, which would immediately give readers a sense of place. With the design of this book, I really wanted the illustrations to shine; this was achieved through uncluttered layouts that allowed the art to be center stage. Worked to allow the interplay of the text and art wherever possible, breaking out of the standard grid format and wrapping the text around part of the illustrations. Also collaborated with Michelle (the author) to suggest edits to select illustrations to achieve more dynamic spreads by adjusting them so that illustrations that were originally only a single page would extend into the opposite page.