About the Author

Jo Stewart is a Melbourne‐based writer and editor whose words and images have been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Saturday Paper, VICE, International Traveller, yen magazine, Canadian Geographic, Yahoo News, The Telegraph (UK), Metro (UK) and The Times (UK). From filing stories from a yacht in Antarctica to writing features from a swag in the Simpson Desert, Jo has worked on expeditions to some of the world’s most isolated, unforgiving places, including the Shackleton: Death or Glory documentary project screened worldwide on Discovery Channel, SBS and PBS.