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Availability:In StockContributor:Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Caroline Alexander (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-01-01Pages:640
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143039389ISBN-10:143039385UPC:9780143039389Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Polar Regions, Expeditions & DiscoveriesSize:7.76 x 5.07 x 1.14 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCSR84VZNE
The Worst Journey in the World
A firsthand account of Scott's disastrous Antarctic expedition The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard--the youngest member of Scott's team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey--draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143039389ISBN-10:143039385UPC:9780143039389Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Polar Regions, Expeditions & DiscoveriesSize:7.76 x 5.07 x 1.14 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCSR84VZNE
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)...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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