Wheeler, Sara

"With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides-Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, and Turgenev, among others-Sara Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news, traveling from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nationalities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, she goes instead to the places associated with the country's literary masters"--Jacket flap.

Sara Wheeler chronicles the experiences she had during the seven months she spent traveling in Antarctica and discusses how her experiences relate to those of the other explorers who traveled there.

The author describes her travels throughout the 2,600-mile long country of Chile, from the driest desert in the world to Antarctica.

The author tells the story of her experiences living and working in Antarctica. Includes letters and photographs to her godson.