A Different Pole...

He was laying down surrounded by silence. There was this soft caressing light that he could not only see, but feel...around him and inside him...
It took a while, but then he remembered the plans for his first journey to the South Pole, to explore and discover all those frozen mysteries he so wanted to unveil.
Sure thing, this was not the South Pole.Where was he?
He remembered: the plane, the flames, the darkness...and yet...
He wanted to stand up and explore, but there was this pleasant burden on his shoulders...Wings...Then he knew it. He had reached a different Pole...