{"title":"Main Gallery Exhibit: ALL ICE IS WATER BUT NOT ALL WATER IS ICE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll Ice Is Water But Not All Water Is Ice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(and other things you learn in the book Outer Space is Closer Than Antarctica)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea COOL show by Michelle Ott\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eON VIEW: July 3 through August 16th | Opening Party July 4th, 12-3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e----------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"H2O exists in three states: liquid, gas (or vapor), and ice. The difference is created by how tightly packed the molecules are when heat or cold is applied. In 2006 I took these photographs of the sea ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica. This ice, about eight feet of frozen sea, sits on top of the sea water which rides between the ice and the earth. I walked on the ice as if it were solid ground that day. Now, this ice is long-melted and has exchanged itself back into water or vapor. No longer a solid, it is now clouds or ocean. Isn’t it amazing? The fact that I stood on that specific ice and now we can view the pictures; evidence of my walk but portals for us to see water in all three of its potential states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy book, Outer Space is Closer Than Antarctica weaves together three things at once: A memoir, an atlas, and an almanac. Crisscrossing between illustrations and stories my hope is that the book will lure folks into science knowledge by sharing the awe I experience while learning about life and Antarctica. Like the photos of ice which also look like ocean or clouds, the book reveals my multifaceted observations of love and earth science.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"outer-space-is-closer-than-antarctica-by-michelle-ott","title":"Outer Space is Closer than Antarctica by Michelle Ott","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautifully illustrated memoir tells artist Michelle Ott’s true story of falling in love and discovering her place in the universe on a remote research station in Antarctica.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2004, feeling burned out and dissatisfied, Michelle Ott left her high-profile gallery job in New York to work as a janitor at McMurdo Station in Antarctica: the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth. There, she fell in love—not only with her future partner, but with the raw, inhospitable, incomparable beauty of the continent itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn this emotional blend of art, science, and deeply personal stories, Ott shares the wisdom and wonder gleaned from her four trips to the southernmost continent. Complete with hand-drawn maps and diagrams, accessible scientific explanations, and the realizations that can only come from turning your life upside down, Outer Space Is Closer Than Antarctica is an ode to explorers and dreamers, scientists and artists, and anyone curious enough to brave the unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51829816262837,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/0580\/2165\/files\/photobackdropforwebsiteproducts-2025-10-03T173608.325.png?v=1759538188"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/0580\/2165\/collections\/MayEventSquares_2_035c4779-8fc2-4baa-b4a2-ef9f26ffb447.png?v=1782753407","url":"https:\/\/shop.wearehappyanyway.com\/collections\/main-gallery-exhibit-smoke-show-copy.oembed","provider":"Happy Anyway","version":"1.0","type":"link"}