Another extract from our popular Polar Special Issue from Autumn 2018.

This article, entitled 'Cherry', explores the life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, who, at 24 years old, was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition.

Cherry's personal account of the expedition 'The Worst Journey in the World' (1922)became a classic of travel literature.

This article was written, and is read, by our editor, James Fleming