The Worst Journey in the World
- Author Apsley Cherry-Garrard
- Narrator Simon Vance
- Run Time 20 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: adventurers and explorers, General and world history, Geographical discovery and exploration, History of other geographical groupings and regions, Memoirs, Travel writing.
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What to expect
This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to the ice floes, where began the unforgettable polar journey across a forbidding and inhospitable region. On November 12, 1912, in arctic temperatures, Cherry-Garrard, in a search party, found the bodies of Scott and his companions, along with their poignant last notebook entries, some of them recorded in this work.
Among Cherry-Garrard's friends and admirers were John Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, and Bernard Shaw. His background in the arts and humanities makes The Worst Journey in the World stand out as a literary accomplishment as well as a classic in the annals of exploration.
Critics Review
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“A masterpiece…It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery, and friendship. It vividly illustrates the demands of science and the rigours of travel. It is a record of the coldest darkest days that can be found on our planet. It is written beautifully…with a subtle artistry.”
Paul Theroux, New York Times bestselling author -
“A great book of Antarctic exploration.”
New York Times -
“The Worst Journey in the World is to travel writing what War and Peace is to the novel…a masterpiece.”
New York Review of Books -
“This account of Scott’s last expedition to the South Pole is a true epic of adventure.”
Times (London) -
“Harrowing…a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong…Cherry-Garrard’s account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment.”
Amazon.com, editorial review -
“[Simon Vance] picks up on Cherry-Garrard’s dry sense of humor, stiff-upper-lip approach to adversity, and appreciation for nature.”
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