The Ice Sings Back

About M Jackson

Dr. M Jackson is a geographer glaciologist TED Fellow and National Geographic Society Explorer. M earned a doctorate from the University of Oregon where she examined how climate change transformed people and glacier communities in Iceland. M is the recipient of many grants and awards including three U.S. Fulbright grants and a U.S. Fulbright Ambassadorship. M currently serves as an Arctic Expert for the National Geographic Society holds a Masters of Science degree from the University of Montana and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia. She's worked for over a decade in the Arctic chronicling climate change and communities guiding backcountry trips and exploring glacial systems. Her 2015 memoir While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. Her 2019 book The Secret Lives of Glaciers explores the profound impacts of glacier change on the human and physical geography of Iceland. M most recently starred in a Netflix series Pirate Gold of Adak Island. This is her first novel. M travels extensively giving public talks and lectures on climate change and women in science.