# The Worst Journey in the World — Character guide

> Key figures in The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

- [Captain Scott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/captain_scott.md): Leader of the British Antarctic Terra Nova expedition.
- [Birdie Bowers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/bowers.md): Sturdy and cheerful polar explorer, part of the South Pole party.
- [Edward A. Wilson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/wilson.md): Chief scientific officer and close friend of Scott, known as 'Uncle Bill'.
- [Titus Oates](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/oates.md): Army officer and pony handler, known for his quiet courage.
- [Apsley Cherry-Garrard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/cherry_garrard.md): Author of this book and assistant zoologist on the expedition.
- [Edward Atkinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/atkinson.md): Surgeon and second-in-command, led the search party.
- [Tom Crean](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/crean.md): Irish seaman and sledger, known for his strength and endurance.
- [Edgar Evans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/evans_edgar.md): Petty officer and strong sledger, part of the South Pole party.
- [Teddy Evans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/evans_teddy.md): Second-in-command of the expedition, led a supporting party.
- [Cecil Meares](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/meares.md): Dog driver and Russian interpreter for the expedition.
- [William Lashly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/lashly.md): Stoker and sledger, known for his mechanical skills.
- [Victor Campbell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/campbell.md): Leader of the Northern Party, stranded for a winter.
- [Raymond Priestley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/priestley.md): Geologist and member of the Northern Party.
- [Tryggve Gran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/gran.md): Norwegian ski expert and sledger on the expedition.
- [Frank Debenham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/debenham.md): Geologist and later founder of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
- [Herbert Ponting](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/ponting.md): Official photographer of the expedition.
- [Ernest Shackleton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/shackleton.md): Previous Antarctic explorer, leader of the Nimrod expedition.
- [Roald Amundsen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/amundsen.md): Norwegian explorer who reached the South Pole first.
- [Fridtjof Nansen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/nansen.md): Legendary Norwegian polar explorer and mentor.
- [Griffith Taylor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/taylor.md): Geologist and leader of the Western Party.
- [Vince](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/vince.md): Seaman who died in a blizzard during the Discovery expedition.
- [George Murray Levick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/levick.md): Surgeon and photographer of the Northern Party.
- [Joseph Hooker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/hooker.md): Botanist and Antarctic explorer from the Erebus expedition.
- [James Clark Ross](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/ross.md): Explorer who discovered the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf.
- [Frederick Cook](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/cook.md): American explorer and surgeon, claimed first ascent of Mt. McKinley.
- [Robert Peary](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/peary.md): American explorer who claimed to have reached the North Pole.
- [Frank Wild](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/wild.md): Veteran Antarctic explorer with Shackleton.
- [Edgeworth David](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/david.md): Geologist who reached the South Magnetic Pole with Shackleton.
- [Bertram Armytage](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/armytage.md): Member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition.
- [John Xavier Merriman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/merriman.md): South African politician met during the voyage.
- [Francis Drake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/drake.md): Elizabethan explorer mentioned in passing.
- [Christopher Columbus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/columbus.md): Explorer mentioned in historical context.
- [Max Beerbohm](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_worst_journey_in_the_world_se/characters/beerbohm.md): Essayist and caricaturist mentioned in the text.

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