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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808792403321

Autore

Cherry-Garrard Apsley <1886-1959.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Narrative Press, 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (671 p.)

Disciplina

919.8/904

Soggetti

Antarctica Discovery and exploration

Antarctica Discovery and exploration British

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913. London : Constable and Co., 1922.

Nota di contenuto

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 -- THE POLAR JOURNEY (CONTINUED) -- NEVER AGAIN -- GLOSSARY -- Blizzard: -- Brash: Cloud: -- Crusts: -- Finnesko: Frost -- Smoke: -- Ice-foot: -- Nunatak: -- Piedmont: -- Pram: -- Saennegrass: -- Sastrugi -- Sledging Distances: -- Tank: -- Tide Crack: -- Wind:.