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Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic which he joined to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. After the expedition, Cherry-Garrard served in the First World War and was invalided home. With the zealous encouragement of his neighbour, George Bernard Shaw, Cherry-Garrard wrote The Worst Journey in the World (1922) in an attempt to overcome the horror of the journey. As the years unravelled he faced a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions.

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 1 April 2010
      ISBN-13 9780099530374
      978-0099530374
      ISBN-10 0099530376
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      Non Fiction Biography Memoirs True stories of survival of abuse and injustice Travel & Transport Classic travel writing

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic which he joined to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. After the expedition, Cherry-Garrard served in the First World War and was invalided home. With the zealous encouragement of his neighbour, George Bernard Shaw, Cherry-Garrard wrote The Worst Journey in the World (1922) in an attempt to overcome the horror of the journey. As the years unravelled he faced a terrible struggle against depression, breakdown and despair, haunted by the possibility that he could have saved Scott and his companions.

      Trade Review
      The best polar book there is * Observer *
      Probably the best adventure yarn ever published * Independent *
      Remains the masterpiece of heroic travel * The Times *
      The finest book ever written about Antarctic exploration as well as a great literary classic
      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 Trevor *

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