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Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica Book

Sara Wheeler was the first woman selected by the American government to be the 'Writer in Residence at the US South Pole Station'. She spent six weeks at the pole. In this book she reveals how people live on the bases and how the landscape affects them.Read More

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  • Foyles

    A modern classic on exploring and understanding the Antarctic, the most uncharted place on our planet.Terra Incognita is a meditation on the landscape, myths and history of one of the remotest parts of the globe, as well as an encounter with the international temporary residents of the region - living in close confinement despite the surrounding acres of white space - and the mechanics of day-to-day life in extraordinary conditions. Through Sara Wheeler, the Antarctic is revealed, in all its seductive mystery.'Antarctica could hope for no better chronicler: spirited, humorous and highly intelligent, she is also a writer of rare talent' Observer

  • Waterstones

    The author spent six weeks at the pole and on the edge of the infamous Ross Ice Shelf, as well as another month with the British Antarctic Survey. This title presents a meditation on the landscape, myths and history of one of the remotest parts of th

  • 0099731819
  • 9780099731818
  • Sara Wheeler
  • 4 September 1997
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • New Ed
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