Another visit to the sunny island of Orust to visit colleague Bengt Liljebladh and a friend from the University of Connecticut, Annelie Skoog. We were able to sit outside for coffee and went for a long walk afterwards, where we passed several old quarries. These
Our older Smooth Collie, Glitnir has now reached the admirable age of 13 years. She is still in pretty good shape and not on any medication. During the year, she had one near-death incident when she drank algae water. I had to bring her to
Erik was invited by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geosciences, to give a talk about Geologists on the Silver screen and how they are portrayed in movies. Belief it or not, but this a topic Erik and fellow geologists from the University of
While in Iceland, we were luckily able to attend the PhD defence of Eemu Ranta at the University of Iceland. Eemu is a former BSc and MSc student of ours on the Ikka project in Greenland, and similar to his Master's thesis, he has done
What an intensive program we have had in Iceland the past week. Much to attend and much to celebrate! Upon arrival in Iceland Sunday last week, Erik and I could celebrate that it is now 12.5 years since we got married at Sýslumaðurinn in Reykjavík
Our youngest Smooth Collie, Deli (Honey Melon Fay Fidelia) turned 9 yesterday. Every year she manages to add to her life at times feel like a miracle. She has a badly functioning pancreas and that causes challenges to her health. Luckily, not all the time,
We had the most beautiful and windy weather last Friday, 14 January, when we had the funeral service for my aunt Dorte Heldrup, oldest sister of my father, Jesper Heldrup. The funeral took place at Virum Church in Denmark. We were happy to see how
There are again several News items to share from the IKKA project: The Seaman et al. paper on the new mapping of the ikaite columns is finally published in Marine Geology. By use of multi beam and drone imagining, our lead author Paul Seaman was able
Sorry, this will only be in Danish as it concerns the funeral service of my aunt Dorte Heldrup in Virum, Denmark. -------- Min kære faster Dorte Heldrup, f. 15 januar 1943 gik pludseligt bort den 5. januar 2022 på Hillerød Sygehus efter kort tids indlæggelse. Bisættelsen finder
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We just came back from perfect winter conditions in Särna, Dalarna in Sweden where we celebrated New Year with our friends Bo and Susan, Kennel Ulvedalen. Erik got his first-ever sled dog trip with an 8-dog team and Bo