The Pole is sort of an ambiguous thing. But the Pole is actually a place that's in flux. It was great to see Richard Weber and Misha Malakhov and their group of seven, who had arrived four hours ahead of us. It was like a homecoming. We said we had to take so many detours that we probably covered more kilometres.
Today is a quiet day in the tent, and everyone is calling home.
It's been a lot of fun passing the phone around. You can hear people screaming on the other end of the phone. Diana Ciserella tried to call her husband, and in her excitement got a wrong number. We lit it and it smelled like lavender. We passed it around, and each of us held it and each offered reflections and thoughts on the experience.