The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)

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The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics)
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
from Penguin Classics

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Masterpiece / information about editions
  `The Worst Journey in the World` (1922) is often cited as a masterpiece of travel literature. It is number one on National Geographic's list of 100 all time best travel literature, and is the first title in the prestigious Picador Travel Classics series. A. Alvarez has praised its "perfect prose: lucid, vivid, bone-simple, and full of feeling." The expedition was literary from the start and the "good modern fiction" the party brought along included Thackery, Charlotte Bronte, Bulwer-Lytton and Dickens. The... more info

• Great Adventure Book - These Guys Were Crazy Tough
  The exploration described in this book is almost unbelievable in terms of its difficulty. It describes amazing feats but it also describes day to
  day activities and experiences.
  The book is readable enough. It is not a classic turner but anyone should be able to read it. It is definitely worth reading.
  I am not sure they make people this tough any more.

• One of the greatest polar exploration stories of all time
  I've read almost every book written on exploration of the South Pole, and this book - by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, a member of Scott's expedition who never wrote anything else - is one of the best. The other reviews here give many of the details, so I won't repeat them, but this is worth reading by anyone who loves a great adventure story.

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  The Worst Journey in the World By Apsley Cherry-Garrard
  Apsley Cherry-Garrard was a privileged English gentleman of twenty-four when he paid 1,000 pounds to accompany Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated "Terra Nova" expedition to the South Pole in 1911. It was the twilight of the British Empire, although no one knew it, and there was only one place on Earth left to explore: Antarctica. Scott had prepared for this expedition with his earlier "Discovery" mission, even leaving stores of supplies at... more info

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