The worst journey in the world / Apsley Cherry-Garrard ; with an introduction by Anthony Brandt.
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TextSeries: National Geographic adventure classicsPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2002.Description: xvii, 561 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 079226634X (pbk.)
- 919.8/904 21
- G850 1910 .S465 2002
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"The Worst Journey in the World" recounts Robert Falcon Scotts ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrardthe youngest member of Scotts team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journeydraws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scotts 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 Cherrys insightful narrative and keen descriptions that Scott and the other members of the expedition are fully memorialized.
Originally published: Worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913. London : Constable and Co., 1922. With new introd.
Includes bibliographical references.