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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 *

The Worst Journey in the World: Ranked number 1 in National Geographic’s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time

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One of the world's greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday.This is a gripping account... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 01/04/2010
    ISBN13: 9780099530374, 978-0099530374
    ISBN10: 0099530376

    Number of Pages: 720

    Non Fiction , Biography

    Description

    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 *

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