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The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and published in 1922 by a survivor of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning (if any) of human suffering under extreme conditions. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD ANTARCTIC 1910 1913 BY APSLEY CHERRY GARRARD WITH PANORAMAS, MAPS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE LATE DOCTOR EDWARD A. WILSON AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME ONE CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY SYDNEY First published 1922 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN This volume is a narrative of Scott's Last Expedition from its departure from England in 1910 to its return to New Zealand in 1913. It does not, however, include the story of subsidiary parties except where their adventures touch the history of the Main Party. It is hoped later to publish an appendix volume with an account of the two Geological Journeys, and such other information concerning the equipment of, and lessons learned by, this Expedition as may be of use to the future explorer. APSLEY CHERRY GARRARD. PREFACE This post war business is inartistic, for it is seldom that any one does anything well for the sake of doing it well; and it is un Christian, if you value Christianity, for men are out to hurt and not to help can you wonder, when the Ten Commandments were hurled straight from the pulpit through good stained glass... Continue reading book >>
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