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What the critics say

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
- 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

Every phrase, every observation twitches with life; every colour seems her own. Forget Antarctica, the mind is a big place, too. I found myself falling for this writer's strong, incisive wisdom even more than the ice sheet and penguins
- Mail on Sunday

I cannot believe that anything better will ever be written about Antarctica
- Daily Telegraph