“The first layer on the ground, the first humus, it's about an inch thick: that'll turn into almost all insects, centipedes, crawling, insects on the top of the ground, flying... And then that brings the birds up. There's a robin up today.”

“It rapidly warmed up today. I mean, rapidly meaning it got up to probably 42, 43, but with a clear intensity of the sun. A lot of snow was melting... it is the beginning of a thaw.”

“I just call the game when it's a game and the game's over. And so I made the decision here. So this is actually day one of the wait.”

“What was different was the intensity of the sun. This was the first time I didn't have frost on the inside of the ceiling of the tent. It was moisture, but it was heating up.”

“When ice is brittle, especially when you have this consistent cold with no warm-up... it's real perfect to read it. I can read it just like absolutely, 100% actually by the color... There's no nuances or in-between. It's either safe or dangerous.”

“My mom… gave me so much freedom and love. It was really between my parents is why I'm able to do what I do... I never saw boundaries because of that. And I never had barriers in my mind.”

“One of these days soon, it could be tomorrow, I may get stopped here. And that will be a wholly different story all of a sudden not doing anything...”

“… this brown slush, it's water from the land that's starting to come in. And that usually spells the end of it... That's game over. And once that starts flowing, there's no stopping it.”