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Cherry-Garrard, on a search party, finds the frozen bodies of Scott and two of his men side by side in a tent.
Five Best 2010
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Cherry-Garrard, who was on the support crew, ventures outside when the temperature is 75 degrees below zero and writes: "Dante was right when he placed the circles of ice below the circles of fire."
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"The Worst Journey in the World" by Apsley Cherry-Garrard There are a lot a books about doomed adventures, but none as terrifying or as moving as Apsley Cherry-Garrard's first-hand account of the 1910-1913 British Antarctica Expedition.
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Dr. Wilson, Lieut. Bowers and Cherry-Garrard sit in the hut.
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They would have agreed with Cherry-Garrard that: "Practically any man who undertakes big polar journeys must face the possibility of having to commit suicide to save his companions ..."
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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The only way Cherry-Garrard could take the dogs south was to kill them for dog food as he went.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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The dogs had actually been awaiting the Polar party at One Ton Depot since 3 March, but a week later, after depoting some supplies, their drivers Cherry-Garrard and Dimitri had turned northwards again.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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Cherry-Garrard was deeply affected and left a description of Arthurian grandeur:
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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He had put the question to Cherry-Garrard at the beginning of the winter and his reply had been to go for Campbell: "... just then it seemed to me unthinkable that we should leave live men to search for those who were dead."
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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Faced with a lack of dog food and heavy winds Cherry-Garrard decided the best course was to wait at the depot.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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