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The Worst Journey in the World (Hardcover)

by Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 660 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (8 Jul 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330335855
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330335850
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 14 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 72,858 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tells the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic from its departure in 1910 to its return in 1913. The author was, himself, a member of the expedition. The party was plagued by bad luck, weather conditions of unanticipated ferocity and the physical deterioration of the party on the last part of the journey. Confronted by the shattering knowledge that Roald Amundsen had reached the South Pole a month before them, Scott's party then had to negotiate the last part of the journey, a doomed attempt which entered into modern history.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting, astounding, frightening and awe-inspiring., 5 Sep 2001
Having just finished 'The worst journey in the world' it is fresh in my mind. I finished the book in a two day reading marathon. I found Apsley Cherry-Gerrard's writing evocative and riveting even though it is nearly eighty years since it was written. The story is told with candour, honesty and great attention to detail. Cherry-Gerrard evokes and describes the atmosphere and relationships in Scott's hut during the three years between 1911 and 1913 that they were there. The account he gives of the astounding, and finally tragic, journeys they made left me awed at what they managed to achieve with primitive equipment and knowledge. It left me with a feeling of wonder and respect for these pioneering men of polar exploration. My residing impression was not of the tragedy that befell Scott's party on their Polar expedition but of the great contribution the party made to knowledge of Antarctic geography and travel.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious, tragic and deeply moving, 4 Jan 2001
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To my surprise, the finest book I have read in years. The huge optimism, foolhardiness and bloody-minded stubbornness of the men on Scott's team is both inspiring and frustrating.

Cherry-Garrard was blessed not only with an adventuring spirit and self-effacing courage, but also with a fine gift for narrative. His account includes finely-drawn images of extraordinary landscapes, and of conditions in which a temperature of -20C comes as a blessed relief. Standing in the freezing air for 15 seconds, his clothes are frozen into shape and he cannot move until helped by colleagues. Striking camp means wrestling for an hour to get into a frozen sleeping bag, and it is a barely-dreamed-of luxury if the ice within it melts to form a pool of near-freezing water, so that one can sleep. Eight hours' hard slog dragging a sledge sometimes finds the party only a mile and a half further on. All of this to retrieve penguins' eggs which were received without a thankyou from the British Museum curator! And the vague hope of attaining the pole first was of course thwarted, at the cost of several lives.

And yet, and yet... the same optimism that brought Garrard to the expedition allows him to find, in these ultimately testing conditions, evidence for the greatness of human spirit, and the value of deep friendships forged in extraordinary circumstances. A humbling and deeply moving book.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A stunning evocation of a harrowing ordeal, 18 Jan 1999
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Undoubtedly the best travel book I have read; it makes you feel as if you are actually part of Scott's expedition. Cherry-Gerrard starts off in rather pedetrian fashion with an account of the sea voyage to Antarctica, and it isn't until the expedition leaves New Zealand that things really pick up. The descriptions of the wildlife, landscape and unbelievable cold grip the reader's imagination. For the most part the events are descibed as they happened, with quotes from the diaries of other expedition members. The general tone is one of stoic endurance and quiet heroism that tends to be sneered at today and some people may find off-putting. But the final chapters, at the end of the expedition and when Cherry-Gerrard looks back on events after a decade, hint at a more jaundiced appraisal. Cherry-Gerrard was a young man when he went to Antarctica, but he said the expedition drained him to such an extent that he felt he never fully recovered. Reading this book you can understand why. The only reservations I have are the lack of detailed maps and the extensive quotations from other people's accounts almost makes them co-authors alongside Cherry-Gerrard.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exploration as the physical expression of the intellectual passion.
Captain Scott's polar expedition of 1910-1913 is of course most well known for the fact the plucky British explorers lost the race to the pole to the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brave man...
'Cherry' was the 2nd youngest on Scotts expedition of 1912, and was one of the bravest. The book does not shy away from the weaknesses of the party, and Cherry was vicious in his... Read more
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