Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler

Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler

It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it the last great journey; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world.

This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers. No book is more true to the spirit of that continent--beguiling, enchanted and vast beyond the furthest reaches of our imagination. Chosen by Beryl Bainbridge and John Major as one of the best books of the year, recommended by the editors of Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, one of the Seattle Times's top ten travel books of the year, Terra Incognita is a classic of polar literature.

Sara Wheeler, like Denys Finch Hatton, attended Brasenose College in Oxford. Terra Incognita: Adventures in Antarctica, Travels in a Thin Land, and Cherry: A Biography of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, all published by the Modern Library, are among her works. Wheeler resides in London with her family when she is not traveling.

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ISBN 13	9780679440789
ISBN 10	067944078X
Titel	Terra Incognita
Autor	Sara Wheeler
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Random House (NY)
Erscheinungsjahr	1998-03-03
Seitenanzahl	351
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.