The Worst Journey in the World - Softcover

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786704373 ISBN 13: 9780786704378

Publisher: Basic Books, 1997

Synopsis

Cherry-Garrard, who accompanied Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic on the explorer's doomed quest for the South Pole, recounts the unforgettable journey across forbidding, inhospitable terrain. He was also a member of the search party that ultimately discovered Scott's frozen body along with his last notebook entries. With an introduction by the author, this tale of adventure stands out as a literary accomplishment as well as a classic of exploration.

About this title

Review:

"'The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel... a masterpiece'" (New York Review of Books)

"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" (Peter Matthiessen)

Book Description:

'When people ask me... "What is your favourite travel book?" I nearly always name this book. It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery and friendship' Paul Theroux

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786704373
• ISBN 13: 9780786704378
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 607