Worst Journey in the World (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Since Robert Falcon Scotts expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1912, controversy has raged about the correct interpretation of and explanation for the tragedy. Some writers have drawn a picture of Scott as a bumbling incompetent, whose lack of experience and preparation condemned his men to their deaths. Aspley Cherry-Garrards account The Worst Journey in the World written ten years after his nar...