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| Original Title: | The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913 |
| ISBN: | 0143039385 (ISBN13: 9780143039389) |
| Characters: | Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Robert F. Scott |
| Setting: | Antarctica |
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Paperback | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 4.17 | 6072 Users | 495 Reviews
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The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of Scott's team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey, draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scott's legendary expedition. Cherry himself would be among the search party that discovered the corpses of Scott and his men, who had long since perished from starvation and brutal cold. It is through Cherry's insightful narrative and keen descriptions that Scott and the other members of the expedition are fully memorialized.
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| Title | : | The Worst Journey in the World |
| Author | : | Apsley Cherry-Garrard |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | February 28th 2006 by Penguin Classics (first published 1922) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Travel. Adventure. Autobiography. Memoir |
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Ratings: 4.17 From 6072 Users | 495 ReviewsCriticize About Books The Worst Journey in the World
One of the most harrowing, exciting, moving, informative and brave books I have ever read. I can see why it towers over other books of its type. Highly recommended.Christened with such an exotic moniker, our flamboyantly named author could only have pursued one of three careers: an Edwardian rector, the reluctant bait in an Oscar Wilde honeytrap operation or else an intrepid yet feckless explorer. Fortunately for the literary world, Apsley Cherry-Garrard became the latter though more fettered than feckless.Perhaps not a natural writer, C-G cribs from various other expedition members anecdotes, personal notes and posthumous diaries. Antarctic companion
This is a slow read, but not dull, just packed full of information. Cherry-Garrard (Cherry) was asked to provide some information on how to pack & train for future expeditions, based on his experience (he might not have been the most experienced of the group, but he had worked a lot with Wilson & Scott, so was one of the most knowledgeable survivors). He fulfilled that chore, but he wanted so much more to be said & this was the outcome. Bernard Shaw was a neighbour & so helped in
Appsley Cherry-Gerard was a polar explorer and followed Sir Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to claim the South Pole for Britain. This masterpiece of literature is a journal of the exposition on which Scott would eventually lose his life in one last push to reach the pole first. A great large book consisting of 600 pages is by far one of the most detailed, heartwrenching and informative I have had the pleasure to read.In his book, Cherry-Gerard describes in great detail this journey across
I read this book of 600 pages in less than a week and believe me, its not on the TOP 100 list for travel and adventure books for nothing! If you know the story of Scott and his companions and the drama at the south pole already you will probably find this book easier to read but the author makes many footnotes so that also "beginners" in polar exploration can understand it well! What I loved about this book is that we get the view of an ordinary expedition member, neither sailor nor scientist,
Read this book and you'll never bitch about stuff like not having enough towels in your hotel room or an over-cooked steak you were served at a restaurant in Paris. Yet another story that makes the modern man relize that there are no more worlds to discover. Polar exploration was just about the last of the travels into the unknown. I don't count space exploration because for that you need an entire country's economy behind you. Now any knob can circle the world with only a credit card. Sic
Pemmican, apparently, tastes quite delicious when stirred into hot water and eaten as a "hoosh." Also, the Antarctic is cold & horrible & I really want to go there because falling in a crevasse would look amazing on a tombstone.
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