The Worst Journey in the World: Graphic Novel

The Worst Journey in the World

In 1922, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest survivors of Captain Scott’s ill-fated attempt to reach the South Pole, published his memoir of the expedition. The Worst Journey in the World humanised the epic tragedy with its sensitive observations of the men involved and evocative descriptions of Antarctic life.

A century later, this classic of travel literature is being adapted into a series of graphic novels by Disney veteran Sarah Airriess, who has spent over a decade researching the expedition in order to tell the story completely and faithfully. The personalities of the men, and the science they undertook, are equally as important to understanding the story as the famous feats of exploration.

The book is available in the UK in London and Cambridge, in the US at Silver Sprocket in San Francisco, and in New Zealand via the AHT. See the link above for more details. If you are a bookseller who’d like to stock it, please contact my fine publishers at Indie Novella.