Feb 08, 2011 in her new book, british writer sara wheeler takes a circular journey around the arctic region, through what she calls the collar of lands around the arctic ocean. Notes from the arctic circle hardcover february 1, 2011. Elizabeth kolbert, author of field notes from a catastrophe a wise, provoking and zestful chronicle, poetic, often tragic and always engaging. Sara wheeler captures the wonder of the north and the fascination that generations of explorers had with it, and reading this book reinforced my respect for the hardy, ingenuous, indigenous peoples who have made the north their home for thousands of years. An engrossing account of the people and cultures livingif not thrivingin high polar regions. Sara wheeler s new book combines two of her main interests, travel writing and cold places. During her circuit of the arctic, wheeler joins the crew of a russian icebreaker and teams up with lapps herding reindeer.
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Notes from the arctic circle, sara wheeler visits every country with land north of 66 degrees latitude. Ten years ago wheelers terra incognita recounted her trip to the antarctic. More than a decade ago, sara wheeler traveled to antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost to myth and lore. The rush began in the 1860s, when a hudsons bay company clerk at fort yukon, on the great bend of the yukon river where it touches the arctic circle, reported that a missionary had seen so much gold in a local river that he could have gathered it with a spoon one wonders why he didnt.
Notes from the arctic circle, was chosen as book of the year by will self, michael palin, a. Ten years after her bestselling book on the antarctic, terra incognita, wheeler journeys to the opposite pole to take the measure of what is at once the most pristine place on earth and the locus of global warming. Sara diane wheeler frsl born 20 march 1961 is an english travel author and biographer, noted for her accounts of polar regions. In the widely acclaimed, bestselling terra incognita, she chronicled her quest to find a hidden history buried in antarcticas extreme surroundings. Jill kargman, wild bill donovan, and other hot reads. Notes from the arctic circle, she has decided to examine the very different world of the arctic.
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To many british people, the word arctic may still conjure. Sara wheeler ten years after her bestselling book on the antarctic, terra incognita, wheeler journeys to the opposite pole to take the measure of what is at once the most pristine place on earth and the locus. Notes from the arctic circle was chosen as book of the year by michael palin and will self, among others. The magnetic north notes from arctic circle sara wheeler. Spend your time even for only couple of minutes to read an e book the magnetic north. Notes from the arctic circle, a broad and engaging introduction to the arctic its history, its inhabitants and its challenges. In magnetic north, getting to the bottom of the top of the. Sara wheelers books include the international bestseller terra incognita. The north is a strange, beautiful, and also dangerous place if one does not know it.
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