A Fictional Freewrite: Cold Person

@mariannewest's freewrite prompt of the day: cold person: https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-740-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-cold-person.
I borrowed the idea of a story in journal entry format from a story by @manoldonchev. Thanks man!

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Journal Entry date: August 13, 2863
Location: Ellesmere Island, Canada

Today was our 30th day excavating this frozen ice cap. There are a few things bothering me about this entire expedition, namely, firstly, why on earth anyone would have migrated this far north to live in the first place; secondly, why the Institute thinks that this would be a good place to explore and excavation, and third, why I volunteered for this in the first place. Surely nobody actually lived here. Ever. I know I wanted to get away from the wife for awhile, but not even she’s as cold as it is here. This was a dumb idea. There are parts of me that I don’t think I can feel that I really would like to be able to feel again. It’s cold!

Journal Entry date: August 15, 2863
Location: Ellesmere Island, Canada

So it turns out I was likely a little incorrect. We found artifacts! It looks like some sort of electronic. It has what appears to be a logo of a partially eaten piece of fruit. Interesting! I’m scared to touch it because it’ll probably shatter because it’s so fucking cold!

Journal Entry date: August 19, 2863
Location: Ellesmere Island, Canada

Now today was beyond amazing. We found a person. Not a real person, at least not a real living person. A dead person. Frozen (because I think it’s just a few degrees warmer than absolute zero), but definitely a person. Completely frozen. Encapsulated in the ice! This is going to make for a great research paper. An actual frozen human artifact of… well… of a human! Poor dude. This is one cold person.

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