These books are just good reading. If you can't read them the books are all of early Antarctic exploration and they are "Endurance" by Alfred Lansing, "Shackelton's Forgotten Men", and "Mawson's Will". Although, the authors do not write with an expressly Christian worldview the care and providence of God is clear through out these mens ordeals. These are just great true stories of men overcoming tremendous odds and the natural elements of nature to accomplish missions that are bigger than themselves and the will to die for the men beside them. To me there are numerous Christian themes here. Living for Christ and being a member of His church is truely to be in something much bigger than yourself and we too must be willing to die for our friend/brother Christ. In addition to all this you get to hear/read how people manage to live and continue the struggle to survive when they have to deal with the soles of their feet falling off. When does that ever happen? I just can't put these books down.