the worst journey in the world by apsley cherry garrard

Passed over for the doomed ‘Southern Journey’ to the pole, he survived and made it back to England. There are passages in this amazing memoir where the reader, appalled, begins to suspect that these men were collaborating on a metaphysically refined form of self-destruction.Īpsley Cherry-Gerrard –- and let me say now what a wonderfully plummy name that is, worthy of some mad squire in a Waugh novel -– was, at twenty-four, the baby of the expedition. The sufferings heaped on the members of Scott’s second polar expedition make the ordinary misfortunes of modern life –- the fender-benders, hangovers and breakups –- seem like pleasant diversions. 'The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel.Never again.

Over 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 William TrevorĪn epic tale of suffering and derring-do Esquire The finest book ever written about Antarctic exploration as well as a great literary classic Peter Matthiessen Remains the masterpiece of heroic travel The Times

Probably the best adventure yarn ever published Independent * Voted Number 1 in National Geographic's 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time * Read more 'The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel. A celebrated and compelling book on Antarctic exploration. 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. 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. This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong.

One of the world's greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday.

It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery and friendship' Paul Theroux 'What is your favourite travel book?' I nearly always name this book.

The worst journey in the world by apsley cherry garrard