The Worst Journey in the World - Ranked number 1 in National Geographic’s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time

One of the world''s greatest works of travel and adventure writing, reissued on its 100th birthday.

This is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest members of Scott''s team, recorded the experience of his adventure and in doing so created a masterpiece of travel writing. Despite the horrors that Scott and his men faced, Cherry''s account is filled with details of scientific discovery, unforgettable descriptions of landscape and a belief in the spirit of human beings. A celebrated and compelling book on Antarctic exploration.

INTRODUCED BY SARA WHEELER

''The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel... a masterpiece'' New York Review of Books

* Voted Number 1 in National Geographic''s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time *