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In 1909, every continent had been extensively explored . . . except one. That Sept, Captain Robert F. Scott announced a new medical expedition that could put Antarctica solidly on the map at last and assert the South Pole for Great Britain. Twenty-three-year-old Apsley Cherry-Garrard was asked to become listed on. Without special skills, and bad eyesight, he seemed a unexpected choice. Yet in the most lethal wilderness on earth, where conditions plummet to -77°F and even bacteria can't endure, "Cherry" turned out himself so competent that he became a key person in the expedition. He volunteered for the infamous "Winter Trip" in 1911 - a horrific month long trek through storm-lashed darkness to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin - and this half-mad outing in the name of knowledge became the central experience of his life. The next spring, he was on the list of members chosen to aid the 800-mile march south Pole - and then he was directed on another practically disastrous objective, a doomed try to resupply the five men who possessed reached the Pole but never delivered. Emperors of the Glaciers is dependant on comprehensive research, and features dozens of images and other materials from the actual expedition. But this is no mere history: recreating the storyplot in Cherry's own tone, Richard Farr places listeners right inside this horrifying ordeal - and the amazing feats of courage and camaraderie that success required. The effect is motivating and heartbreaking: a narrative you will never forget.
