Abstract: She is currently working on her Ph.D. thesis which focuses on the reception of Antarctica in contemporary British literature.Besides investigating the sphere of influence of the "Far South, " her research interests include the connection between the sciences and the arts, especially the link between chaos theory and literature (which can be quite a scary topic, too), narrative structures in postmodern literature and forgotten and lost places in literature.Although she has already encountered a number of ghosts on page, she has not met any "in person" yet.