Ergonia, Land of the Giant Ants. M.G. Crisci

Two teenage boys, Peter and Vaskin, and their friend, Masha, convince Vashkin&#39;s professorial father to let them accompany his expedition to an unexplored region of Antarctica called Ergonia. <br>Their mission: discover if life exists below the mysterious cloud cover on Ergonia&#39;s Mount Erebus, the tallest mountain in the world at 22,000 feet. <br><br>Shortly after arrival, Masha is captured by an unknown civilization of giant five-million-year-old ants that practice prehistoric rituals. <br>The expedition, led by the inventiveness of the two boys, identifies a rescue plan with the help of brightly-colored tic tac candies. <br><br>Ultimately, the entire team escapes and memorializes the extraordinary adventure for history.<br>