Terra Incognita

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

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

Julie Myerson, Mail on Sunday