The Worst Journey in the World

Paperback, 607 pages

English language

Published April 15, 2003 by Pimlico.

ISBN:: 978-1-84413-103-7
OCLC Number:: 59305964

(3 reviews)

In his introduction to this harrowing story of the 1912 Scott expedition to the South Pole, Apsley Cherry-Garrard states: 'Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.' The Worst Journey in the World is his account of an expedition which went disastrously wrong.

One of the youngest members of Scott's team, the author was later part of the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. Despite the horrors Scott and his men eventually faced, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other explorers.

A masterpiece of travel writing, The Worst Journey in the World is the most celebrated and compelling of all …

In his introduction to this harrowing story of the 1912 Scott expedition to the South Pole, Apsley Cherry-Garrard states: 'Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.' The Worst Journey in the World is his account of an expedition which went disastrously wrong.

One of the youngest members of Scott's team, the author was later part of the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. Despite the horrors Scott and his men eventually faced, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other explorers.

A masterpiece of travel writing, The Worst Journey in the World is the most celebrated and compelling of all books on Antarctic exploration.

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3 stars

I'm glad this journey is over. It was an interesting book though a bit dry. It is a journal and that's how it reads - what the men ate for dinner (which was almost always the same thing every day), how many hours they slept, the hi and low daily temps. It does make me appreciate what a wimp I am about walking twenty minutes in freezing weather, when these guys lived three years in unthinkably cold weather. If you are very interested in the details of their journey, this is the right book for you.

A side note: I read the public domain Kindle edition. If you are truly interested in reading this, it would be worth buying the print version as the free Kindle edition lacks the maps and images.

Emily "I love Cats" Claire

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Oct. 7, 2020

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Subjects

Travel
Discovery and exploration
British
Discoveries in geography
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912
Antarctica Discovery and exploration British
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913)
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913) fast (OCoLC)fst01405157

Places

Antarctica