Apsley Cherry-Garrard - The Worst Journey in the World
Posted in First Editions, Rare Books on Aug 20th, 2008
“One Of The Classics Of Antarctic Literature”
Apsley Cherry-Garrard served as assistant zoologist on Robert Scott’s 1910-12 expedition to Antarctica. While Scott set out for the South Pole, Cherry-Garrard and two companions headed for the base of Mount Terror to collect Emperor Penguin eggs; it proved a journey so treacherous that he later titled his account [...]