The narrative non-fiction, Lost in the Antarctic, by Tod Olson, recorded an expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in the aim of crossing Antarctica. In this book, through describing the expedition, the author communicated many central ideas and themes to the readers. For instance, one of the major themes of the book is that the author believes cooperations can often bring through difficulties and challenges. Further on, the expedition recorded in the book in fact actually happened. At 1911, after the race to the South Pole ended with Roald Amundsen’s victory, Shackleton, the British Antarctic explorer, turned his attention to another subject — crossing the Antarctica. Through years of preparations, in 1914, Shackleton, along with his 27 men and the Endurance, launched the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

However, what Shackleton and his crew didn’t know at that time was, with the launch of the expedition, they’ve also started one of the greatest legendary battles between humanity and nature in history…… 

The first notebook page I’m sharing with you is about a central idea that the author was repetitively mentioning through out the book: Antarctica is a harsh place for humans to survive. I think this is one of the most important ideas of the book that the author was communicating. See my evidences below:

In narrative non-fictions, despite the central ideas, there’re also many themes that the author want readers to understand. In this book particularly, the most important theme the author was communicating is about how cooperations can often bring through difficulties and challenges. The second page I’m sharing is about this theme. Take a look of it here:

Every single incident that happened in the universe have its causes & effects. By analyzing them, we can gain a better and wider understanding of that incident. The last page I’m sharing is about the causes & effects of the most important incident, the turning point of this expedition — the sunk of Endurance. See details in my C&E map below:

Here ends my notebook tour, thanks for your time. If you’re curious about this legendary voyage, welcome to click here for more informations.

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