# Glossary explained — The Worst Journey in the World

> Chapter companion for The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

## What happens

This chapter provides definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the book, including Antarctic weather phenomena, ice formations, sledging equipment, and measurement units.

## Key lines

> An Antarctic blizzard is a high southerly wind generally accompanied by clouds of drifting snow, partly falling from above, partly picked up from the surface.

An Antarctic blizzard is a strong wind from the south that carries both falling snow and snow lifted from the ground.

_Definition of blizzard_

> There is no doubt that a blizzard has a bewildering and numbing effect upon the brain of anyone exposed to it.

Being caught in a blizzard is known to disorient and dull the mind.

_Psychological impact of blizzards_

> Sastrugi The furrows or irregularities formed on a snow plain by the wind. They may be a foot or more deep and as hard and as slippery as ice: they may be quite soft: they may appear as great inverted pudding bowls: they may be hard knots covered with soft powdery snow.

Sastrugi are wind-carved ridges and grooves on snow surfaces, varying greatly in hardness, depth, and shape.

_Description of sastrugi_

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