Terra Incognita

by Sara Wheeler
List(s):"Extreme Classics"
Category: "Travel"
Pages:351
Year of Publication:1996
Date Added:01/29/2010
Date Read:05/17/2010
Notes:Sara Wheeler is a British writer who spent most of a year in Antarctica visiting various scientific stations. She reports about the experiments and investigations, about the weather and living conditions and about the people, with frequent mentions of past explorers.
My Rating: 8

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Review - Terra Incognita

A surprise. I didn't expect to care for the book much, but Wheeler is an excellent writer, one of those who can make any topic interesting. She isn't self-absorbed, but enough of her own personality comes through that I feel like I'd like to meet her.

Reviewed by Roger on 2010-05-17 09:18:42

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