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The worst journey in the world : a tale of loss and courage in Antarctica / Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959.
Standardized Title:
Worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica.
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--British.
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959--Travel--Antarctica.
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley.
Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912--Travel--Antarctica.
Scott, Robert Falcon.
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition (1910-1913).
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (671 p.)
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Narrative Press, 2001.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Intro
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
FROM ENGLAND TO SOUTH AFRICA
MAKING OUR EASTING DOWN
SOUTHWARD
LAND
THE DEPOT JOURNEY
THE FIRST WINTER
THE WINTER JOURNEY
SPRING
THE POLAR JOURNEY
THE POLAR JOURNEY (CONTINUED)
SUSPENSE
THE LAST WINTER
ANOTHER SPRING
THE SEARCH JOURNEY
NEVER AGAIN
GLOSSARY
Blizzard:
Brash: Cloud:
Crusts:
Finnesko: Frost
Smoke:
Ice-foot:
Nunatak:
Piedmont:
Pram:
Saennegrass:
Sastrugi
Sledging Distances:
Tank:
Tide Crack:
Wind:.
Notes:
Originally published: Worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913. London : Constable and Co., 1922.
OCLC:
179075724

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