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[[File:Apsley Cherry-Garrard.jpg|350px|thumb|Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard photographed during the Terra Nova Expedition]] | [[File:Apsley Cherry-Garrard.jpg|350px|thumb|Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard photographed during the Terra Nova Expedition]] | ||
'''Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard''' (2 January 1886 – 18 May 1959) was an English explorer of [[Antarctica]]. He was a member of the Terra Nova Expedition and is acclaimed for his historical account of this expedition, ''The Worst Journey in the World''. | '''Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard''' (2 January 1886 – 18 May 1959) was an English explorer of [[Antarctica]]. He was a member of the [[Terra Nova Expedition]] and is acclaimed for his historical account of this expedition, ''The Worst Journey in the World''. | ||
Born in Lansdowne Road, Bedford, as Apsley George Benet Cherry, the son and eldest child of Major General Apsley Cherry (later Cherry-Garrard) of Denford Park in Berkshire (later of Lamer Park in Hertfordshire where he became High Sheriff) and his wife, Evelyn Edith (née Sharpin), daughter of Henry Wilson Sharpin of Bedford. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford where he read Classics and Modern History. While at Oxford he rowed in the 1908 Christ Church crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. | Born in Lansdowne Road, Bedford, as Apsley George Benet Cherry, the son and eldest child of Major General Apsley Cherry (later Cherry-Garrard) of Denford Park in Berkshire (later of Lamer Park in Hertfordshire where he became High Sheriff) and his wife, Evelyn Edith (née Sharpin), daughter of Henry Wilson Sharpin of Bedford. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford where he read Classics and Modern History. While at Oxford he rowed in the 1908 Christ Church crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. | ||
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==Antarctica expedition== | ==Antarctica expedition== | ||
At the age of 24, 'Cherry' was one of the youngest members of [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s Terra Nova | At the age of 24, 'Cherry' was one of the youngest members of [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s [[Terra Nova Expedition]] (1910–13). This was Scott's second and last expedition to [[Antarctica]]. Cherry's application to join the expedition was initially rejected as Scott was looking for scientists, but he made a second application along with a promise of £1,000 (2009 approximation £50,000) towards the cost of the expedition. Rejected a second time, he made the donation regardless. Struck by this gesture, and at the same time persuaded by Dr Edward 'Bill' Wilson, Scott agreed to take Cherry-Garrard as assistant zoologist. The expedition arrived in the Antarctic on 4 January 1911. | ||
===South Pole Journey=== | ===South Pole Journey=== | ||
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==Later life== | ==Later life== | ||
During the First World War, Cherry-Garrard was commissioned in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and commanded a squadron of armored cars in Flanders. Invalided out in 1916, he suffered from clinical depression as well as ulcerative colitis which had developed shortly after returning from Antarctica. In modern medical terminology, he would have a diagnosis of what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although his psychological condition was never cured, the explorer was able to treat himself to some extent by writing down his experiences, although he spent many years | During the First World War, Cherry-Garrard was commissioned in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and commanded a squadron of armored cars in Flanders. Invalided out in 1916, he suffered from clinical depression as well as ulcerative colitis which had developed shortly after returning from [[Antarctica]]. In modern medical terminology, he would have a diagnosis of what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although his psychological condition was never cured, the explorer was able to treat himself to some extent by writing down his experiences, although he spent many years bedridden due to his afflictions. | ||
He required repeated dental treatment because of the damage done to his teeth by the extreme cold. He many times revisited the question of what possible alternative choices and actions might have saved the South Pole team — most notably in his 1922 book ''The Worst Journey in the World''. | He required repeated dental treatment because of the damage done to his teeth by the extreme cold. He many times revisited the question of what possible alternative choices and actions might have saved the South Pole team — most notably in his 1922 book ''The Worst Journey in the World''. | ||