Clark had never been in this place before. There was a stark beauty to the area, but he never realized before how nice quiet could be. It was too bad it didn’t appear that he could freeze to death. That would probably be best for everyone.
So, he went into deep space?
When he’d fled the hospital with Lois’s voice echoing behind him, he’d wanted to get as far away from everyone as he possibly could.
Wouldn’t it be a bummer had he stumbled across an Antarctic research station?
His mom had loved being able to talk with her about him. Really talk, not just the parts that everyone else knew about.
Picture album: Baby’s first anvil rattle. Baby’s first tractor rattle. Baby’s first fire. Baby sneezed and caused a tornado.
It was time to start getting his affairs in order.
He could get out that piece of Kryptonite he’s stashed away for emergencies, grind it up, and slosh it down with some wine.
I have a lead on that post office call girl ring that she and I were working on.”
Michael
I considered adding a scene where where Clark was searching the Antarctic for a place that was quiet enough so that he felt completely alone given his hearing. 
