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The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
A member of Scott's last Antarctic expedition on the winter journey for penguin eggs and the search for Scott's body. Among the greatest travel books ever written.
Read it if…
you want endurance literature of the first rank.
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Skip it if…
you want brevity; it is long.
Try instead: Kon-Tiki →
Three things you will actually use
- Endurance can be chosen.
- Companionship makes the unbearable bearable.
- Write it down.
Do this first
Read the winter journey chapters.
Our verdict
The greatest polar book.
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