How long does it take to read The Worst Journey in the World?
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard takes about 11 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1922. 607 pages, about 166,925 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 67 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
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. 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.
Subjects: British discovery and exploration, Adélie penguins, Aurora borealis, marine biology, bilizzards, blubber
