Part of The Worst Journey in the World, book 1
First published 1922
Apsley Cherry-Garrard was the youngest man on Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole. He survived the brutal Winter Journey alongside two companions while Scott pressed toward his goal. Cherry-Garrard draws from his own memories and the diaries of his fellow explorers to reconstruct the full story of their mission. Scott and his team reached the pole only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them there. On the return journey, Scott and his men died from starvation and the merciless cold. Cherry-Garrard joined the search party that found their frozen bodies months later. His account preserves the experiences of Scott and the other expedition members through detailed observations and personal insight. Originally published in 1922, the book stands as a firsthand record of one of history's most famous polar expeditions.
Genres: 20th-century, adventure, biography-memoir, adventurers
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: firsthand-account, survival
Setting: Antarctica, South Pole
Period: 20th-century
693 pages · Paperback · Penguin Classics