This gripping story of courage and achievement is the account
of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as
told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard.
Cherry-Garrard, whom Scott lauded as a tough, efficient member of the
team, tells of the journey from England to South Africa and southward to
the ice floes. From there began the unforgettable polar journey across a
forbidding and inhospitable region. On November 12, 1912, in arctic
temperatures, the author, in a search party, found the bodies of Scott
and his companions along with poignant last notebook entries, some of
them recorded in this work.

Among Apsley Cherry-Garrard's friends and admirers were John
Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, and Bernard Shaw. His
background in the arts and humanities makes The Worst Journey in the
World stand out as a literary accomplishment as well as a classic in
the annals of exploration.