The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley CherryGarrard
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“@Chris_D_Ineson I certainly have! A wonderful book (although I suspect a modern editor would have chopped 100 pages.) | I'd put "Annapurna" up there with it, too. CherryGarrard's book is truly a page turner, well worth reading. | “If you match your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin’s egg.” Truly a masterpiece. Certainly one of the finest books I’ve ever read. It will live with me for the rest of my life:”
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Nonfiction Adventure, Adventure, and Travel.
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910?1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written by a member of the expedition, Apsley CherryGarrard, and has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning (if any) of human su...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Nonfiction Adventure, Adventure, and Travel.
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“@Chris_D_Ineson I certainly have! A wonderful book (although I suspect a modern editor would have chopped 100 pages.) | I'd put "Annapurna" up there with it, too. CherryGarrard's book is truly a page turner, well worth reading. | “If you match your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin’s egg.” Truly a masterpiece. Certainly one of the finest books I’ve ever read. It will live with me for the rest of my life:”
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