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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <107tdpd$2isca$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Cryptoengineer   wrote:   
   >On 8/17/2025 2:58 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> On 8/17/25 11:53 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >>> Paul Dormer  wrote:   
   >>>> garym@mcgath.com (Gary McGath) wrote:   
   >>>>> It's now official, though not surprising:  The 2027 Worldcon will   
   >>>>> be in Montreal on September 2-6.  I like this since I can drive   
   >>>>> there in a day, assuming crossing the border is still feasible in   
   >>>>> 2027.   
   >>>   
   >>>> I decided a couple of years ago, no more flying.  Train travel much   
   >>>> mote relaxing and nice scenery, too.  (And I don't drive.)   
   >>>   
   >>> I know it's possible to take a train from the UK through the Chunnel   
   >>> to Europe, and presumably also to Asia.  But unfortunately, there's no   
   >>> railroad tunnel or bridge between Siberia and Alaska, so I doubt you   
   >>> can get the whole way to Montreal by rail.   
   >>>   
   >>> Maybe plans for such a connection were discussed at the recent Alaska   
   >>> summit meeting.  That way something productive would have come from it.   
   >>   
   >> Apparently you can travel from the UK to America by train.   
   >>   
   >> America, Netherlands, that is.   
   >>   
   >   
   >I'm trying to work on a joke itinerary involving the land border   
   >between Denmark and Canada, but haven't come up with something.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   You used to be able to do a trip like that from Greenland to   
   Canada.  Peter Fruechen made that trip.  Probably much harder   
   now.  A lot less ice in the winter.   
      
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