
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A turtle crawls back and forth along the riverbank in the north-south direction. Assuming that the distance crawled northward is recorded as a positive number and the distance crawled southward is recorded as a negative number, the process of its crawling is recorded as follows (unit $m$): $-8$, $7$, $-3$, $9$, $-6$, $-4$, $10$.
$(1)$ How far is the turtle from the starting point at the end, and is it to the north or south of the starting point?
$(2)$ Find the total distance the turtle crawled during the entire process.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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