Worst Journey In The World

One of the world`s greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday. This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest members of Scott`s team, recorded the experience of his adventure and in doing so created a masterpiece of travel writing. Despite the horrors that Scott and his men faced, Cherry`s account is filled with details of scientific discovery, unforgettable descriptions of landscape and a belief in the spirit of human beings. A celebrated and compelling book on Antarctic exploration. INTRODUCED BY SARA WHEELER `The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel... a masterpiece` - New York Review of Books Voted Number 1 in National Geographic`s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time