Books by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
“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
Interviews where books by Apsley Cherry-Garrard were recommended
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The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
ed. Benedicta Ward -
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The Great New Wilderness Debate
ed. J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson -
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Wilderness and the American Mind
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The Worst Journey in the World
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit
The best books on Wilderness, recommended by Cal Flyn
The best books on Wilderness, recommended by Cal Flyn
Henry David Thoreau insisted that “in wildness is the preservation of the world.” His words have inspired conservationists to bring many of the planet’s more ruggedly beautiful places under environmental protection. But ‘wilderness’ as a concept has become increasingly contested in recent years, explains Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn, whose new book The Savage Landscape unravels the history of an electrifying idea.
The Best Travel Books, recommended by Paul Theroux
Travel is a leap in the dark, says Paul Theroux and one that will leave you a different person at the other end. He recommends five travel books that inspired him, from Mark Twain at sea to VS Naipaul in India
The best books on The Polar Regions, recommended by Sara Wheeler
The acclaimed author discusses the Polar Regions. She says an African In Greenland is the best book ever written on Greenland – the story of a man from Togo who went there in the 1960s
