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    Reference 4338 (2431)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
    Title THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD, ANTARCTIC 1910 - 1913.
    Publishing Information London: Chatto and Windus (for the Author), 1951.
    Description 1 Volume Edition, with the new 26-page author's postscript re-examining the polar party's fate. lxiv, 612 pages, illustrated, 9 pages of photos including colour frontispiece, 4 maps (3 folding). Original covers, no dust jacket. Spine sunned, shelf wear, spotting to page edges, contents clean. Very Good.Taurus. "The best polar book ever written." At the age of 24, Cherry was one of the youngest members of Scott's Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913). This was Scott's second and last expedition to Antarctica. Cherry was initially rejected, but made a second application along with a promise of £1,000 towards the cost of the expedition. Rejected a second time, he made the donation regardless. Struck by this gesture Scott agreed to take Cherry as assistant biologist. He is acclaimed for his historical account of this expedition... It was perhaps the only real stroke of luck in Scott's ill fated expedition that Cherry-Garrard, the one survivor of the winter journey, happened to be able to describe it so effectively that the reader forgets how comfortable he is in his arm-chair, and remembers the tale with a shiver as if he had been through it himself. George Bernard Shaw." Cherry-Garrard was warmly commended by Scott for his efficiency and unselfishness as a sledger and tent-mate. In the comparative comfort of life at base, he edited the South Polar Times. Wilson chose Bowers and Cherry-Garrard -- 'the pick of the sledging element' (Scott) -- as his companions for a Winter Journey in 1911 to the rookery of the Emperor Penguin at Cape Crozier, an exploit which is still without parallel in the annals of polar exploration. On their return 5 weeks later, Scott described their journey as 'the hardest that has ever been made' a phrase which later suggested to Cherry-Garrard the title of his narrative. The book is widely regarded as the most readable of all the Antarctic literature. It has been suggested that the manuscript was heavily edited by George Bernard Shaw, who was a close family friend of the Cherry-Garrards.
    Price £45.00
    Keywords Scott, Terra Nova, polar, expedition. S1-Ant
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