Lost in Antarctic: The Doomed Voyage of the Endurance by Tod Olson is part of the lost series and is a literary non-ficton book about the adventure of Ernest Shackleton and his crew of the Endurance and their voyage to the bottom of the world (Antarctica). In the expedition their ship the Endurance gets stuck in ice and the crew was trapped in Antarctica. Slowly the Endurance cannot stop the pressure of the ice from squishing it and the Endurance was destroyed and sunk into the water. The only way back was to walk and they started a new adventure to walk back, during that time they met many problems like not enough supply of food and the winter of Antarctica.

 

This book is very good and you should read it. Here are some notes about the central ideas of the book

The first central Idea I found was people will do anything to survive, I found out some of the evidence that points to this central idea in the book:

The second central idea I found out was the importance of hope. Hope is very important to Shackleton’s team because without it people will give up trying to escape from Antarctica.

The third central idea I found about was about Shackleton and it is Shackleton is a good leader.

I also came up with a theme argument that argues nothing is more important when compared to human life:

I also analyzed the characters thoughts and made a pressure map showing what they are thinking

Last I found out the epilogue could connect with many big ideas, central ideas and also connect with other chapters.

In conclusion you should read this book because it is fun and about a very cool adventure and teaches us a lot about the world.