Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

This is two adventure tales in one—each with very different outcomes. Both involve shipwrecks on Auckland Island, one of the most desolate places on earth. In the first shipwreck, the crew pulls together, survives, and eventually escapes the island. In the second, the crew fights among itself, turns to cannibalism, and eventually dies—all within twenty miles of the other crew. (Neither group of castaways knew the other existed.)

 

What happened is extraordinary. Unfortunately, the book is a little dry in relating these events.