Worst Journey in the World

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Despite the horrors that 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.

Product details

• Authors: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780099530374
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953037-4
• No. of pages: 720
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 37 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, 20th Century, Expeditions, Antarctica, Memoirs, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions, Expeditions: popular accounts, Travel writing, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Autobiography: historical, political and military, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Classic Travel Writing