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And before I finish
with this one,

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I just want to say
thank you again

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to all of the familiar
faces in the audience.

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I appreciate your coming out.

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And thank you also to those
of you whom I've yet to meet.

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"Long Before We Got Here,
Long After We're Gone."

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And by the way, in
Fairbanks, the light

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changes about seven
minutes a day,

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so it really is a big deal when
the light starts coming back.

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And March is a great
time because you

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can go out and
look at the aurora

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before your toes turn
to nuggets of ice.

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"Long Before We Got Here,
Long After We're Gone."

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"In the season, blue-white sun
barely lifts above the ridge,

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limps along the horizon,
then dives out of sight.

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We're changed each day by light.

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Someone who's gone before,
broke trail, set tracks.

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With the right kick wax, we
make our way among birch,

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breathing hard,
rare, frosted light.

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We make of light
arpeggio crystals,

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caribou dance fins,
shush of bristles.

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One moment made alive,
human, unafraid.

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All that's lost, not gone."

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Thank you.

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