About the Author
Apsley Cherry-Garrard was born on January 2, 1886, in Belford, England, the only son of Major-General Apsley Cherry-Garrard. His family had been lords of the manor of Lamer since the mid-sixteenth century, but Cherry-Garrard was much more interested in travel and adventure than the life of an English country gentleman. Because of his extremely poor eyesight, Cherry-Garrard was an unlikely candidate to join Scott on his expedition to the South Pole. He was, however, persistent, and Scott agreed to take him. Cherry-Garrard (nicknamed “Cherry” or “The Cheery One”), age twenty-four, became the youngest of the thirty-three-member expedition and one of its survivors.
