It was thought at the time that the flightless penguin might shed light on an evolutionary link between reptiles and birds through its embryo. Wilson's personal goal in Antarctica was to recover eggs of the Emperor penguin for scientific study. Wilson, who adopted Cherry-Garrard as a protégé. They also caught the eye of the expedition's second-in-command, Edward A. These traits were to serve him well when it came time for him to write down his memories of the expedition. He was also, according to novelist, biographer, and socialite Nancy Mitford, the only intellectual amongst the crew. Ĭherry-Garrard responded to these taunts with modesty, a self-sacrificial ability to work hard, and acute observational skills. "Cherry" was teased at first by some of the other members of this expedition because of his lack of Antarctic experience, his lack of specialised credentials for the position of assistant zoologist to which he had been named, and persistent suspicions among some of his comrades that he had in fact bought his way on board by contributing £1,000 to the expedition's troubled funds.
In 1910, Cherry-Garrard and his fellow explorers travelled by sailing vessel, the Terra Nova, from Cardiff to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. It has earned wide praise for its frank treatment of the difficulties of the expedition, the causes of its disastrous outcome, and the meaning of human suffering under extreme conditions. The Worst Journey in the World is a 1922 memoir by Apsley Cherry-Garrard of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913.
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