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After a day and a half in Copenhagen, we flew by way of Oslo, Norway to Longyearbyen, on the archipelago of Svalbard. Like us, you may be asking "Where the heck is Svalbard?". To answer that pressing question, below is a photo of an excellent map found at the North Pole Expeditions Museum in Longyearbyen. I've cropped it and added some annotations for context....

Svalbard - Close to the Top of the World Svalbard, Norway with stops in Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund, A bit of hiking, some history (including Roald Amundsen) and airships!

Finished in March 2024, Malin's Fountain is an 18 foot tall troll made of recycled materials resting in Pease Park in Austin. She can be found just north of the bird's nest structure in the woods, and, if you run the trail south to north, can be seen from the trail. Most of Dambo's trolls appear to have a back story and, to some extent, a purpose....

Malin's Fountain (Thomas Dambo troll, Pease Park) Malin's Fountain, one of Thomas Dambo's troll sculptures made from recycled materials, is in Pease Park Austin.

Day 2.

I will try to keep my grandad super power of putting people to sleep in check when presenting a keynote next week at the conference at the