Ice Diaries

“Ice Diaries is stunningly written and should be on the shelf of anyone fascinated by the globe’s final geographic and psychic frontier.”— New York Times
“Ice Diaries artfully conveys both the magical allure and the deadly hauteur of this icy world that few of us will ever see.” — Toronto Star
“It’s a discussion of the Antarctic as a physical landscape — its impact on the imagination — and an exploration of one person’s inner world.” — Chicago Tribune
“McNeil’s first-person narrative of her experience wholly absorbs… Most of Ice Diaries, however, reads like a novel. It’s a paradox: the best novels emulate real life and the best true stories emulate fiction.” — Maclean’s
“[McNeil’s] new book is a welcome literary-minded addition to a category of books dominated by male explorers.” — Metro
“She writes about the loneliness, the fear, the utter darkness, and the rare and incredible beauty of places few of us will ever visit. Highly recommended.” — For the Love of Books
“The reason I picked this book up was because I love that combination of geography, history and science but from a writer’s perspective… All in all this was a varied and enjoyable read.” — Books Are a Uniquely Portable Magic
“McNeil is a tremendous writer who brings the Antarctic landscape to life with the deftness of her prose, and her memoir is rich with fascinating details.” — Pickle Me This
“In Ice Diaries, McNeil brings the austere beauty and the constant danger of the continent to life. Weaving science and narrative, she draws vivid portraits of the people who are drawn to the unforgiving continent and the importance of the research conducted in the world’s icy places. Her descriptions of the ships and bases, those thin membranes against the elements, are unforgettable… Ice Diaries is a rare glimpse at an elusive continent and a haunting story of the relationship between beauty and terror, loss and abandonment, transformation and triumph.” — SirReadaLot.org

Jean McNeil is the author of 13 books including five novels and a collection of short fiction. Her work has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Journey Prize, and she has won the Prism International prize for short fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her novel The Dhow House (2017) is also published by ECW; her most recent novel, Fire on the Mountain, was published in 2018. She teaches at the University of East Anglia and lives in London, England.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.