The Worst Journey In The World

BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial. Two Parts.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey In The World has been called the greatest adventure story of all time. Cherry-Garrard, a wealthy upper-class landowner, was appointed zoological assistant on Captain Scott's doomed polar expedition when he was 24 in 1910. He returned two and a half years later a broken man who would suffer intense bouts of depression for the rest of his life.