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    Category Antarctic;
    Author Wheeler, Sara
    Title TERRA INCOGNITA: Travels in Antarctica
    Publishing Information London: Jonathan Cape Ltd.,1996. 0224041843
    Description 1st Edition; xi, 306 pages, including Epilogue, Appendix and a select bibliography. Maps, photographic end papers. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Contents clean. Sara Wheeler's account of her seven month journey travelling across the ice sheet, through Transantarctic mountains and across the Antarctic Peninsula with scientists and mavericks from other nations. Following in the footsteps of the ill-fated Shackleton expedition, the author "weaves together her own experience on the ice with the grueling adventures of Antarctica's most mythic figures," including the stories of Amundsen, Scott, Cherry-Garrard and others.
    Price £3.00
    Keywords Amundsen, Scott, Cherry-Garrard,polar S1-Ant
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