主旨：無主旨光是去諾丑克參加面試，就花了我四個月——整整四個月！英國唯一願意載我一程的船，是這艘不知道有幾年歷史的骨灰級帆船。接著又隔離了兩個星期，之後還花了將近三個月，靠著軍用卡車和太陽能火車一路穿越美利堅共和國，而且那列火車每四個小時就得停下來充電。謝天謝地，至少諾丑克還有足夠的燃料讓船把我們送到南極洲。至於他們還有沒有足夠的燃料送我們回去，就不得而知了……
英文原文
SUBJECT: NO SUBJECT
It took me four months - four months! - just to get to my job interview at Norček . The only ship that would take me from England was this sailing yacht, I don't even know how old. Then it was two weeks in quarantine, and nearly three months getting across the American Republic by a mix of army truck and solar-panel train that had to stop every four hours to recharge. Thank goodness Norček at least had some fuel for the boat down to Antarctica. Although I'm not sure if they have enough fuel to get us back...