before the first human explorer reached it. She does so, however, not just for the
sake of irony, but to complete a figurative line that has spanned the novel from Walton's
first letter (I:L1:2) on and has underscored the linkage of Walton and Victor Frankenstein.
The Creature, who was brought to life by a fiery electric charge, intends through
fire to resign his being into the pure electromagnetic field of the pole.