User:Brian Kurtz/To do

The North Pole is a terrestrial region located at the northernmost portion of the planet Earth. Its really nothing more than a bunch of snow and penguins. However, some believe that a jolly old wizard with a kind heart and magical gift-giving abilities maintains a house and workshop at the North Pole. This mythical being, known to some as Father Christmas, but others as Santa Claus, works year around with the help of some elves to build toys for all of the good boys and girls across the globe.

The North Pole does play something of a major role in the Frankenstein story. An explorer named Captain Robert Walton set out on a journey across the North Pole in the hopes of achieving some measure of fame. He came upon the ailing form of a scientist named Victor Frankenstein and took him on board their ship. Frankenstein told Captain Walton the story of the artificial creature he had created and the tragedies he suffered as a result. Walton himself witnessed Victor's creation moving across the frozen tundra on a dog sled. Frankenstein died soon after, and his monster came aboard the ship to mourn him. It told Walton that he would take his master's body and burn it in a funeral pyre, and then cast his own wretched form unto the pyre itself so the world need never know of its existence.