
The Worst Journey in the WorldRead about another book on the list.
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The author served as assistant zoologist on Scott's last, ill-starred expedition to the frozen wasteland that rings the South Pole. Written a decade after he narrowly escaped his leader's fate, Cherry-Garrard's account of Antarctic exploration is gripping, poignant, and not without a bracing humor.
--Marshal Zeringue