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A firsthand account of Scott's disastrous Antarctic expedition 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... Read Full Overview

"The Worst Journey in the World is to travel writing what War and Peace is to the novel . . . a masterpiece."--The New York Review of Books
"When people ask me, 'What is your favorite travel book?' I nearly always name this book. It is about courage, misery,... Read Full Overview

The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole. It was written by a member of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition,... Read Full Overview

The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole. It was written by a member of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition,... Read Full Overview

Tells the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic from its departure in 1910 to its return in 1913. The author was, himself, a member of the expedition. The party was plagued by bad luck, weather conditions of unanticipated ferocity and the physical deterioration of... Read Full Overview

This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the... Read Full Overview

La exploraci n polar es la experiencia m s cruel y solitaria imaginable. El explorador brit nico Apsley Cherry-Garrard nos lo cuenta a trav s de sus vivencias en la expedici n del capit n Scott al Polo Sur (1910-1913), en la que ste y tres de sus hombres hallaron la muerte. A... Read Full Overview

"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... Read Full Overview