Logbook

Stories from the North. I have been traveling it for years: Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki. In July 2026 it took me around Svalbard for sixteen days. This logbook follows the year around that voyage. What I saw, what I painted, what I got wrong. New entries as the work moves north.

53 entries. September 2025 to November 2026.

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After the voyage

Entries 053–054
  1. The In-BetweenEntry 054 · 10 Nov 2026The In-Between
  2. So You're Going to Svalbard?Entry 053 · 27 Sep 2026So You're Going to Svalbard?

The voyage

Entries 036–052
  1. Day 16: Takk for turen!Entry 052 · 18 Sep 2026Day 16: Takk for turen!
  2. Day 15: Please Remember to Sign OffEntry 051 · 16 Sep 2026Day 15: Please Remember to Sign Off
  3. Day 14: Days of Future PastEntry 050 · 14 Sep 2026Day 14: Days of Future Past
  4. Day 13: Let the Grass Have ItEntry 049 · 12 Sep 2026Day 13: Let the Grass Have It
  5. Day 12: One of a ThousandEntry 048 · 9 Sep 2026Day 12: One of a Thousand
  6. Day 11: In As Good OrderEntry 047 · 5 Sep 2026Day 11: In As Good Order
  7. Day 10: The Wild OnesEntry 046 · 1 Sep 2026Day 10: The Wild Ones
  8. Day 09: The Stones Go FirstEntry 045 · 29 Aug 2026Day 09: The Stones Go First
  9. Day 08: Out of the WaterEntry 044 · 26 Aug 2026Day 08: Out of the Water
  10. Day 07: The Bear and the BirdEntry 043 · 23 Aug 2026Day 07: The Bear and the Bird
  11. Day 06: What the Ship RememberedEntry 042 · 21 Aug 2026Day 06: What the Ship Remembered
  12. Day 05: The EvidenceEntry 041 · 18 Aug 2026Day 05: The Evidence
  13. Day 04: Ice Is RightEntry 040 · 15 Aug 2026Day 04: Ice Is Right
  14. Day 03: No GroundEntry 039 · 13 Aug 2026Day 03: No Ground
  15. Day 02: Good Morning, Good MorningEntry 038 · 10 Aug 2026Day 02: Good Morning, Good Morning
  16. Day 01: The Pole in the RoomEntry 037 · 8 Aug 2026Day 01: The Pole in the Room
  17. Day Zero, The Bear on the BeltEntry 036 · 4 Aug 2026Day Zero, The Bear on the Belt

Before the voyage

Entries 001–035
  1. The Dark Came BackEntry 035 · 31 Jul 2026The Dark Came Back
  2. Going DarkEntry 034 · 11 Jul 2026Going Dark
  3. The Last TimeEntry 033 · 4 Jul 2026The Last Time
  4. The Beautiful GameEntry 032 · 20 Jun 2026The Beautiful Game
  5. The Silence of the BrandsEntry 031 · 13 Jun 2026The Silence of the Brands
  6. Twenty-Three KilogramsEntry 030 · 6 Jun 2026Twenty-Three Kilograms
  7. Thirty Strangers on a Forty-Nine-Meter BoatEntry 029 · 30 May 2026Thirty Strangers on a Forty-Nine-Meter Boat
  8. HorsepowerEntry 028 · 23 May 2026Horsepower
  9. The Pencil and the SpeakerEntry 027 · 9 May 2026The Pencil and the Speaker
  10. What You Lose Along the WayEntry 026 · 25 Apr 2026What You Lose Along the Way
  11. Twelve Cubic FeetEntry 025 · 11 Apr 2026Twelve Cubic Feet
  12. Eighty People in a RoomEntry 024 · 28 Mar 2026Eighty People in a Room
  13. Being Creative and What Comes NextEntry 023 · 14 Mar 2026Being Creative and What Comes Next
  14. Kin: Conversations With People Who Cannot Hear MeEntry 022 · 1 Mar 2026Kin: Conversations With People Who Cannot Hear Me
  15. Monsters of the NorthEntry 021 · 14 Feb 2026Monsters of the North
  16. High North, High TensionEntry 019 · 18 Jan 2026High North, High Tension
  17. The Lie of “Raising Awareness”Entry 018 · 11 Jan 2026The Lie of “Raising Awareness”
  18. The Music Behind Ghosts of the IceEntry 017 · 4 Jan 2026The Music Behind Ghosts of the Ice
  19. Why Social Media Can’t Hold ScaleEntry 016 · 28 Dec 2025Why Social Media Can’t Hold Scale
  20. What I Fear Most (And What I Don’t)Entry 015 · 21 Dec 2025What I Fear Most (And What I Don’t)
  21. The Arctic Before the ArtistsEntry 014 · 14 Dec 2025The Arctic Before the Artists
  22. When I Finally Understood What Was DisappearingEntry 013 · 7 Dec 2025When I Finally Understood What Was Disappearing
  23. A Record of What FadesEntry 012 · 30 Nov 2025A Record of What Fades
  24. The Frame That BreathesEntry 011 · 23 Nov 2025The Frame That Breathes
  25. The Silent PageEntry 010 · 16 Nov 2025The Silent Page
  26. Echoes of PhilosophyEntry 009 · 8 Nov 2025Echoes of Philosophy
  27. The Quiet EdgeEntry 008 · 1 Nov 2025The Quiet Edge
  28. The Vanished SeaEntry 007 · 24 Oct 2025The Vanished Sea
  29. Heat and DisappearanceEntry 006 · 18 Oct 2025Heat and Disappearance
  30. The Art of Vanishing – Of What’s to ComeEntry 005 · 11 Oct 2025The Art of Vanishing – Of What’s to Come
  31. The Experiment at SeaEntry 004 · 4 Oct 2025The Experiment at Sea
  32. SvalbardEntry 003 · 29 Sep 2025Svalbard
  33. The ShipEntry 002 · 22 Sep 2025The Ship
  34. Toward the IceEntry 001 · 17 Sep 2025Toward the Ice
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