Recommendations from our site
“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...
The best books on The Polar Regions
Sara Wheeler, Travel Writer
Our most recommended books
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The Road to Oxiana
by Robert Byron -
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
by Ibn Battutah (edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith) -
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene -
The Way of the World
by Nicolas Bouvier -
The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard -
Raag Darbari
by Shrilal Shukla (translated by Gillian Wright)
