The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2, credited to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Read in English by Kevin Green The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and published in 1922 by a survivor of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning (if any) of human suffering under extreme conditions. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2
• Author credits: Apsley Cherry-Garrard
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 9:35:42

Catalogue topics

• travel
• exploration
• adventure
• endurance

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - Spring, part 1 — 21:16
2. 02 - Spring, part 2 — 11:04
3. 03 - The Polar Journey, The Barrier Stage, Part 1 — 18:58
4. 04 - The Polar Journey, The Barrier Stage, Part 2 — 24:05
5. 05 - The Polar Journey, The Barrier Stage, Part 3 — 26:58
6. 06 - The Polar Journey, The Beardmore Glacier, Part 1 — 16:22
7. 07 - The Polar Journey, The Beardmore Glacier, Part 2 — 20:01
8. 08 - The Polar Journey, The Plateau from Mt Dawson to 87deg 32' S — 24:02
9. 09 - The Polar Journey, Returning Parties, Part 1 — 19:36
10. 10 - The Polar Journey, Returning Parties, Part 2 — 18:32
11. 11 - The Polar Journey, Returning Parties, Part 3 — 18:39
12. 12 - Suspense, Part 1 — 15:25
13. 13 - Suspense, Part 2 — 19:58
14. 14 - Suspense, Part 3 — 21:16
15. 15 - The Last Winter, Part 1 — 23:15
16. 16 - The Last Winter, Part 2 — 25:04
17. 17 - Another spring — 25:01
18. 18 - The Search Journey, Part 1 — 24:23
19. 19 - The Search Journey, Part 2 — 24:15
20. 20 - The Polar Journey, The Pole and After, Part 1 — 16:23
21. 21 - The Polar Journey, The Pole and After, Part 2 — 19:24
22. 22 - The Polar Journey, The Pole and After, Part 3 — 16:44
23. 23 - The Polar Journey, The Pole and After, Part 4 — 13:45
24. 24 - The Polar Journey, Farthest South, Part 1 — 18:44

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