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Apsley Cherry-Garrard was a young biologist allied to Scott's fateful expedition to the South Pole. Cherry-Garrard's own worst journey was his blizzard-engulfed search for the eggs of an emperor penguin some 60 miles from Scott's base camp. Cherry-Garrard wrote this classic account of Antarctic exploration in 1922 in an attempt to overcome the depression with which he suffered as a result of not only being part of the rescue team who found the frozen bodies of Scott and his team, wondering whether he could have done anything to save the team, but also after fighting in the First World War.
Harvey Packham (Thu 14th Jul 2011)

Publisher synopsis: "The Worst Journey in the World" is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. One of the youngest members of Scott's team, Apsley Cherry-Garrard was later part of the rescue party that found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. Despite the horrors that Scott and his men eventually faced, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other explorers. A masterpiece of travel writing, "The Worst Journey in the World" is the most celebrated and compelling of all the books on Antarctic exploration.

ISBN: 9780099530374

Pub. Date: 1st Apr 2010

Pages: 720

Height: 198mm

Width: 129mm

Spine: 37mm

Weight: 458gms

The Worst Journey In The World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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