Comments on: Apsley Cherry-Garrard – The Worst Journey in the World http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/08/20/apsley-cherry-garrard-the-worst-journey-in-the-world/ Learn about rare books from the experts Mon, 24 May 2010 15:38:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stephen Yates http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/08/20/apsley-cherry-garrard-the-worst-journey-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-20443 Stephen Yates Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:05:28 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/?p=60#comment-20443 THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD There is a crucial error in your information re the above. Cherry-Garrard's Winter Journey to Mount Terror was not simultaneous with Scott's Polar Journey as you attest; it was completed IN ADVANCE OF Scott's departure from Cape Evans. This is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, Cherry-Garrard was a member of the penultimate support party on Scott's Polar Journey travelling as far as the top of the Beardmore Glacier. Secondly, Cherry-Garrard's two companions on his Winter Journey to Mount Terror were 'Bill' Wilson and 'Birdie' Bowers who subsequently died at Scott's side in the tent on the Ross Ice Barrier on the return journey from the pole. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD

There is a crucial error in your information re the above.

Cherry-Garrard’s Winter Journey to Mount Terror was not simultaneous with Scott’s Polar Journey as you attest; it was completed IN ADVANCE OF Scott’s departure from Cape Evans. This is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, Cherry-Garrard was a member of the penultimate support party on Scott’s Polar Journey travelling as far as the top of the Beardmore Glacier. Secondly, Cherry-Garrard’s two companions on his Winter Journey to Mount Terror were ‘Bill’ Wilson and ‘Birdie’ Bowers who subsequently died at Scott’s side in the tent on the Ross Ice Barrier on the return journey from the pole.

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