"A modern liner moves so quickly that it does not attract life to it in the same way as a slow moving ship like the Terra Nova, and when specimens are seen they are gone almost as soon as they are observed."
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The first sentence reads:
"Scott used to say that the worst part of an expedition was over when the preparation was finished."
(I will return to the 2 intros, by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard, and Sara Wheeler, and foreword by George Seaver)
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Photo of a book, cover up. The text in black reads THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD; white text on the blue of the sky reads - Vintage CHERRY-GARRARD, then in red text at the bottom To travel what War and Peace is to the novel...a masterpiece, New York Review of Books. The cover is mostly white with a central, uneven horizontal, black line halfway up, there is a split diagonal line that runs down from the central line, running up another black line ends with a figure, above the sky is ultramarine blue.
I've always loved accounts of explorers, adventures, and faraway places. I'm going to read this, maybe 10 pages at a time, it'll probably take me the rest of the year, perhaps longer...
'The Worst Journey in the World' by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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Sketch page commission of Apsley Cherry-Garrard (insert antarctic geezer vid here) 🍒 #terranova #theworstjourneyintheworld #polarexploration #polarart
