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CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY. The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913. 2 vols. 1922
CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY. The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913. 48 plates with 58 subjects; 3 maps; folding panorama/map of the Winter Journey. Half-titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, original linen-backed boards with paper lettering pieces, spines slightly darkened with light dampstains at top and bottom, lettering pieces darkened and discolored, with vertical cracks and a few minor chips along edges not affecting text; Volume 1 preliminaries foxed, only scattered minor foxing elsewhere. New York, 1922
- Notes: first american edition of an antarctic classic, considered by many to be the best overall description of Scott''s Terra Nova Expedition, on which Cherry-Garrard served as assistant zoologist. It gives the only firsthand account of the "winter journey," the 3-man trip from Cape Evans to the far side of Ross Island during the austral winter to collect unhatched Emperor penguin eggs, since Cherry-Garrard''s companions Wilson and Bowers both later perished with Scott. Books on Ice 6.12; Spence 277.
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