While Erik was on fieldwork in Iceland, I spent two weeks at my mother's new home in Gundsømagle, Denmark. It gave me a chance to meet a lot of friends, to socialise the puppy Jörfi, and to do some work with colleagues in Denmark. The
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell The annual research trip to the volcano Askja in the Icelandic highlands took place from the 17th to the 28th of August this year. Fieldwork this late in the summer was dictated by the possibility to combine geodesy (levelling and GPS) with
Finally, after 15 weeks of waiting we could welcome Smooth Collie Jörfi to our home. She travelled all the way from Dordrecht in the Netherlands on a long journey by car to first Denmark and then Sweden. Back home, a very curious Deli and delighted
Directly after returning from Greenland, I continued with my mother by car to the Netherlands. The main purpose was to pick up our pup 'Jörfi', but it gave us the possibility for a short family visit, too. We finally had the chance to celebrate my
A very successful field season in Ikka Fjord - not least thanks to our local collaborator Kunuk Albrechtsen from Arsuk and beautiful sunshine during the whole period. The researchers in the field this season were geophysicist Paul Seaman from Scotland (UK), oceanographer Bengt Liljebladh from
UPDATE! A total of five articles have been published in Sermitsiaq over six weeks in May-June. The pdf of those articles can be found here in Danish and Greenlandic: Sermitsiaq week 21 - Ikait-søjlerne undersøges igen til sommer og Tysk TV vil fortælle om Ikait-søjlerneDownload Sermitsiaq week
Louise, daughter of my cousin Michael Heldrup and his wife Helene Wolff, celebrated her school days are over after graduating from high school. This meant that the whole family and friends could join her in celebration on a sunny Sunday in June. Next stop for
My mother Marlous and my aunt Helma Stockmann came to visit us in Gothenburg, which happened to coincide with the Swedish midsummer celebration. This is one of the most important traditions of Sweden and fun for foreigners to experience. I took my mother and Helma
A lot of activities going on related to the Ikka project in Greenland including grants, media attention and popular science publications. Fantastic! ---- First of all a sincere and humble thank you to the Nordic Institute in Greenland (NAPA) for granting us support to a multitude
Erik is turning 60 on Wednesday but decided to have his birthday party this weekend. Colleagues, friends and family were invited and almost 50 guests showed up including 5 children and 3 dogs. Erik had hired Julius with friend Matthias to take care of the