5th Feb
Don’t remember much about today, except deciding to take a wonder with Sam out of the camp along the ice road in the evening. The moon was so bright and the surface of the ice road so freshly watered that its surface shone like the silvered back of a mirror. You could see the reflection of the rig in the road, almost as if you were looking in water. High up above, the northern lights hung down in flowing cascades, which swept in ripples across the sky. Starting right at the centre of the night sky, they seemed to drop to a point where you could almost reach out and grab them. Shimmering curtains made of stars.
Amazing!!!!
Re reading Northern Lights, too which just adds to the magical nature of this place. The book makes so much more sense, now I’ve been here and know how true it rings. I am certain Philip Pullman came up to the arctic to research, his descriptions are so spot on.
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