I think I read this book in the late nineties. There’re only a few details I can remember:

• A character with no eyes as the result of human experimentation.

• Faster than light travel has been discovered but only those who were created in the experiments can travel.

• The character above tracks down the professor behind the experiments, who I think is disguised as woman.

• Another character who works predicting the weather, then works on a ship towing an iceberg.

I know the details are pretty thin. Hopefully someone here recognizes this. Thanks all!