Terra Incognita

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<p><i>Terra Incognita</i>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.</p>

Autorenportrait

Sara Wheelers books include the international bestseller<i>Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica</i>, of which the<i>Telegraph</i>reviewer wrote, I do not think there will ever be a better book on the Antarctic.<i>The Magnetic North</i>:<i>Notes from the Arctic Circle</i>, was chosen as Book of the Year by Will Self, Michael Palin, A. N. Wilson and others. She has published two biographies of travellers:<i>Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard</i>, and<i>Too Close to the Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton</i>, and was immensely relieved to write about women at last in<i>O My America!</i>. She lives in London.

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