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Sara Wheeler

Sara Wheeler was brought up in Bristol, England, and studied Classics and Modern Languages at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. After writing about her travels on the Greek island of Euboea and in Chile, she was accepted by the US National Science Foundation as their first female writer-in-residence at the South Pole, and spent seven months in Antarctica.

In her resultant book Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, she mentioned sleeping in the captain’s bunk in Scott's Hut. Whilst in Antarctica she read The Worst Journey in the World, an account of the Terra Nova Expedition, and she later wrote a biography of its author Apsley Cherry-Garrard. In 1999 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. From 2005 to 2009 she served as Trustee of the London Library.

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Born 20 March 1961

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  • Cover of: Terra incognita: travels in Antarctica

    Cover of edition terraincognita00sara Cover of edition terraincognitatr0000whee_z6m0 First published in 1996 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Mud and Stars: Traveling Through Russia with Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and More

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  • Cover of: Magnetic North: Travels in the Arctic

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  • Cover of: Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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  • Cover of: O my America!: second acts in a New World

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  • Cover of: An island apart: travels in Evia

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  • Cover of: Glowing Still: A Woman's Life on the Road - 'Funny, Furious Writing from the Queen of Intrepid Travel' Daily Telegraph

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    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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Born 20 March 1961

Subjects

History, Travel, Biography, Description and travel, British, Women travelers, Social life and customs, Explorers, Antarctica, Antarctica, discovery and exploration, Arctic regions, description and travel, Arctic regions, history, Chile, description and travel, Travelers' writings, British, Africa, biography, Africa, east, history, Africa, east, social life and customs, Biography as a literary form, British Discovery and exploration, British, africa, Correspondence, Discovery and exploration, Juvenile literature, Letters, New York Times reviewed

Places

Antarctica, Arctic regions, East Africa, British, Chile, England, Euboea Island, Euboea Island (Greece), Great Britain, Greece, United States

People

Sara Wheeler, Denys George Finch Hatton (1887-1931), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959)

Time

19th century

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February 21, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
August 10, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Edited without comment.
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August 10, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import