The book, Lost in the Antarctic, written by Tod Olson, documents the journey of Shackleton and his teammates to the North Pole. During the early 1900s, the Antarctic was a mystery to most people. The protagonist, Ernest Shackleton, and his crew of 28 were the first men to make it across the unknown frozen land. Their quest was not successful, the ship was trapped unexpectedly in the ice in the middle of the Weddle Sea, and the team was forced to leave the ship. Living under the extreme weather, the team was lingering on the edge of death every day and night. The only living things to be seen were the seals and penguins that soon became the meals of the men. And yet, none of the crew was to give up. To find out the stories and barriers over the course of their journey, is it worth the sacrifice? You would have to read this book yourself!

To start off, the first page to introduce is my central idea page. On lesson 2, we learned that texts are complex. To keep track of our idea we need to keep adding on to the page while reading. So, on this page I used box and bullets to keep track of the central idea “The journey was hopeless, but the team did not give up” and added on with quotes and connections.

Furthermore, this is another page that I was using the same technique to keep track of my idea. However, on this page I was keeping track of the theme idea “Sacrifice is required on the way to success.

To add on, we learned about connectome on lesson 7, to look for connections in different part of the story. I listed out some challenges that the protagonist might face in the book during class. Later on, after I finished the chapter, I wrote a brief summary of the chapter. Then, I connected it with some of the ideas and developed a new idea.

Finally, the last page to present is about setting. In lesson 8, we learned that descriptions can help us as reader get insight for ideas in the book. On this page, I’ve listed out some descriptive words that appeared in the chapter, and made connection with one of my central idea.

Overall, I enjoyed this book alot. And I recommend this book to reader that has less experience with non-fiction books like me, because the illustration of characters are very vivid, and it is based on an interesting real life story that is worth researching about.

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