Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Tria.cpp
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Tria.cpp	(revision 26274)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Elements/Tria.cpp	(revision 26275)
@@ -6311,9 +6311,9 @@
 			if (latitude[i]==M_PI/2.){
 				//North pole: nudge south
-				polenudge=-1.e12;
+				polenudge=-1.e-12;
 			}
 			else if (latitude[i]==-M_PI/2.){
 				//South pole: nudge north
-				polenudge=1.e12;
+				polenudge=1.e-12;
 			}
 			else {