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"A friend of mine gave me a Hermes scarf which I ended up tying on my tent." Sara Wheeler is a writer and the author of Terra Incognita: Travels in Russia and Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia. She tells host Laura Antonia Jordan that even in the South Pole it is possible to add small touches of personal style to the essential kit, about the thrill of packing and why red lipstick is her daily 'go to' for lifting her mood - even when swimming.