together for her when she was reading accounts by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton."He talked about mirage and refraction, and how they cause everything to look different," she said. "And I realized that was
exactly what was happening. You never see the same ocean twice. The mountains offer multiple images; the horizon is so deep. Optics create different views of land, water, wildlife. Reflection, refraction, mirage. Half the time the eye's trying to see what's not there. No wonder it seems strange. But it's also very taking visually."
from KMTV: Utah's Poet Laureate spends time in Antarctica
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