An edition of The Worst Journey in the World (1922)

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An edition of The Worst Journey in the World (1922)

The Worst Journey in the World

printing (10)
  • 4.20 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 36 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

The Worst Journey in the World is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. One of the youngest members of Scott's team, Apsley Cherry-Garrard was later part of the rescue party that found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. 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. A masterpiece of travel writing, The Worst Journey in the World is the most celebrated and compelling of all the books on Antarctic exploration.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
607

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Cover of: The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
2018-11-07, [publisher not identified]
Paperback in English
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The Worst Journey in the World
2014, Standard Ebooks
ebook in English
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The Worst Journey in the World
2012, Folio Society
hardcover in English
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The Worst Journey in the World
2010, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - printing (10)
Cover of: The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2
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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica 1910-13
2003, Pimlico
Paperback in English - Pimlico edition (8)
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The Worst Journey in the World: A Tale of Loss and Courage in Antarctica
2001, Narrative Press
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The Worst Journey in the World
1992, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic, 1910-1913
1965, Chatto & Windus
paperback in English - New ed.
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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
1952, Chatto & Windus
hardcover in English - One volume edition, reprint
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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic: 1910-1913
1951, the author, distributed for him by Chatto and Windus
Hardcover in English - Library ed. / with some corrections and a postscript.

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Published in

London

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
2003

Classifications

Library of Congress
G850 1910, G850 1910 .S465 2010, G845

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xcv, 607p.
Number of pages
607
Dimensions
7.8 x 5.1 x 1.5 inches
Weight
13 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24089625M
Internet Archive
worstjourneyinwo0000cher_i4q3
ISBN 10
0099530376
ISBN 13
9780099530374
OCLC/WorldCat
495597323, 751467252
Goodreads
61429006

Work Description

The Worst Journey in the World is a 1922 memoir by Apsley Cherry-Garrard of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913. It has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning of human suffering under extreme conditions.



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Scott used to say that the worst part of an expedition was over when the preparation was finished.
added anonymously.
This post-war business is inartistic, for it is seldom that any one does anything well for the sake of doing it well; and it is un-Christian, if you value Christianity, for men are out to hurt and not to help—can you wonder, when the Ten Commandments were hurled straight from the pulpit through good stained glass.
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