One of the world's greatest works of travel and adventure writing,reissued on its 100th birthday.This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. Apsley Cherry-Garrard,one of the youngest members of Scott's team,recorded the experience of his adventure and in doing so created a masterpiece of travel writing. Despite the horrors that Scott and his men faced,Cherry's account is filled with details of scientific discovery,unforgettable descriptions of landscape and a belief in the spirit of human beings. A celebrated and compelling book on Antarctic exploration.INTRODUCED BY SARA WHEELER'The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel... a masterpiece'New York Review of Books Voted Number 1 in National Geographic's 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099530374Number of pages: 720Weight: 564 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 43 mm
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The best polar book there isProbably the best adventure yarn ever publishedRemains the masterpiece of heroic travelThe finest book ever written about Antarctic exploration as well as a great literary classicOver the greater part of a lifetime I have worn out two copies of the Antarctic's classic,Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World
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