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“Cherry-Garrard’s account of his time in Antarctica capture the beauty and the horror of the polar south. He was not among the party that made the infamous and ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, but he did take part in an extremely gruelling journey through the polar winter to gather emperor penguin eggs for scientific purposes, during which the men lost their tent to a snowstorm and only barely survived.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
“The worst journey in the world which he describes isn’t Scott’s race to the pole, it’s Cherry-Garrard’s trip with two other men to find the emperor penguins. The book is framed by Scott’s expedition, but the quest for the penguins is the centre of it.” Read more...
Paul Theroux, Travel Writer
“It is ostensibly the story of Captain Scott’s 1912 expedition to the Antarctic, but it’s really about all places in all times and is possibly the best book ever written.” Read more...
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