Kamila Shamsie arrives at the Antarctic, strolls along the deck of her ship for a while and enters an alluring period of time that she calls 'dusk-dawn'.
Daybreak... and five writers set off on foot - and report back:
This time, novelist Kamila Shamsie observes the wonderful light at a time called 'dusk-dawn', first from the ice of the Antarctic, then from the deck of her ship. Funnily enough, the experience makes her think of a Greek Island.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
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