The Totem Pole is in Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia. An unseen route: Jutting from the waters along the Tasman Peninsula, the Totem Pole is one of the world’s most dramatic column climbs.

After five years of planning, Bernie Williams and her team of carvers were joined by close to a thousand people early this afternoon, to watch the raising of the Survivors' Totem Pole. Carved from ...