The very worst journey in the world - Hugh Turner

Although Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s Antarctic classic, The Worst Journey in the World, tells the whole story of Captain Scott’s final and fatal expedition, its title specifically relates to the infamous Winter Journey to Cape Crozier in 1911, the purpose of which was to gather Emperor penguin eggs at the right stage of development for embryological research.

Cherry used the phrase when describing that awful journey to his neighbour, George Bernard Shaw, who retorted, “Well, there’s the title for your book”.

Part of our Be inspired series spotlights fascinating research on our Collections.

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