Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781841972664 (1841972665)
Publish date: January 1st 2001
Publisher: Clipper Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History,
Biography Memoir
I enjoyed this book a lot, though the occasional scientific diversions sometimes distracted from the narrative. The author is a great writer, with lots of colorful and descriptive tools in her arsenal. I enjoyed the fact that she wove historical anecdotes and scientific concepts into the book. The m...
I really liked Terra Incognita. Sara Wheeler is hilarious, and I loved the little bits of humour that she interspersed throughout her narrative. Plus, I loved Seismic Man...it was like a bit of a love story interwoven into the first part of the book...he was sorely missed by me in the rest of it. :P...