Peor Viaje del Mundo, El (Spanish Edition)

La exploracion polar es la experiencia mas cruel y solitaria imaginable. El explorador britanico Apsley Cherry-Garrard nos lo cuenta a traves de sus vivencias en la expedicion del capitan Scott al Polo Sur (1910-1913), en la que este y tres de sus hombres hallaron la muerte. A partir de las anotaciones que dejo Scott y, sobre todo, de su propia experiencia, Cherry-Garrard reconstruye en este libro aquellos tres años de penalidades y heroismo. Un verdadero clasico de la literatura de viajes. / The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scotts ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrardthe youngest member of Scotts team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journeydraws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scotts legendary expedition. Cherry himself would be among the search party that discovered the corpses of Scott and his men, who had long since perished from starvation and brutal cold. It is through Cherrys insightful narrative and keen descriptions that Scott and the other members of the expedition are fully memorialized.