Each time I begin a book of travel I search for the reasons that sent me awandering Foolishness for I ought to know by this time the wander fever was born in my blood it is in the blood of my sister and brothers We were brought up in an inland town in Victoria Australia and the years have seen us roaming all over the world I do not think any of us has been nearer the North Pole than Petropaulovski or to the South Pole than Cape Hornchildren of a ...