The Worst Journey in the World
This is the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic. The author, the youngest member of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, relates the expeditions departure from England in 1910 to its arrival in New Zealand in 1913.
This is the story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic. The author, the youngest member of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, relates the expeditions departure from England in 1910 to its arrival in New Zealand in 1913.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330481359 (0330481355)
Publish date: June 12th 2001
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 606
Edition language: English
Absolutely the most astonishing narrative of human trial survival against nature. The "Worst Journey..." is not Scott's expedition to the Pole, tragic as that was, but the Winter Journey to the rookeries of the Emperor Penguins.. Facing temperatures as low as -78��F and fierce blizzards and gales t...