Apsley Cherry-Garrard – The Worst Journey in the World
Posted in First Edition Books, Rare Books on Aug 20th, 2008
“One Of The Classics Of Antarctic Literature” Cherry-Garrard served as assistant zoologist on Robert Scott’s tragic 1910-12 expedition to Antarctica. Dr. Wilson chose Bowers and Cherry-Garrard as his companions for a winter journey in 1911 to Cape Crozier to collect Emperor Penguin eggs. “On their return five weeks later Scott described their journey as ‘the [...]