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The first woman ever sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation in Antarctica offers an account of expeditions into the wilderness of Antarctica, including her own
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"Antarctica could hope for no better chronicler: spirited, humorous and highly intelligent, she is also a writer of rare talent" (Observer)
"Penetrating, vivacious and often amusing, Wheeler's record has a sharp authenticity" (The Times)
"She writes with a consistent wry wit... she never lacks empathy, compassion or generosity for people whose values, background and gender were the polar opposite of hers...What she has done could not be done better" (Independent)
"Her book is an impressive achievement, one genuinely brushed by the ghosts of the past" (Beryl Bainbridge Literary Review)
"Terra Incognita deserves to be a bestseller...a wonderful book and terrific corrective to the polar bulldust periodically emitted by Sir Ralph Wotsisname and others of his ilk" (Daily Telegraph)
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"Penetrating, vivacious and often amusing, Wheeler's record has a sharp authenticity" (The Times)
"She writes with a consistent wry wit... she never lacks empathy, compassion or generosity for people whose values, background and gender were the polar opposite of hers...What she has done could not be done better" (Independent)
"Her book is an impressive achievement, one genuinely brushed by the ghosts of the past" (Beryl Bainbridge Literary Review)
"Terra Incognita deserves to be a bestseller...a wonderful book and terrific corrective to the polar bulldust periodically emitted by Sir Ralph Wotsisname and others of his ilk" (Daily Telegraph)
A modern classic on exploring and understanding the most uncharted place on our planet.
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- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 067944078X
- ISBN 13 9780679440789
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