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  • Published 20220503
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-74-0
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

the hardest part about going to antarctica is coming back 

after two years to a six-year-old daughter who screams 

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Ruby Mary Gill

Ruby Mary Gill was raised in South Africa and is now based in Naarm (Melbourne). She is an  award-winning science communication writer and was...

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