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Sustainability Fellow: Olivia in Svalbard, Norway

February 26, 2019 Leave a comment

Olivia sitting at table, playing game in dim lighting

Hi, I’m Olivia! I come from Bend, Oregon and I’m a Geology major in the class of 2020. This semester I’m studying in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway at the northernmost university in the world (located at 78° N, which is about 650 miles from the North Pole). My courses here are focused on Arctic Geology, and in my free

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