This Saturday morning was spent in Tisvilde Hegn, Denmark taking part in sled dog training. Michelle N. Petersen joined me on this early morning trip, and Bo and Susan from Kennel Ulvedalen provided the sled dogs and the training - and coffee, bread, and good
This weekend was spent at Lena and Calle's estate in the woods of Risveden, Skepplanda. Weather was at its best with beautiful autumn colours, sunny weather and crispy temperatures (minus degrees at night). It very much resembles the magical woods described in the John Bauer
We had a visit by a good friend and colleague, Daniel Larsson between the 4 – 7 October. He is working in northern Sweden and came all the way down to Gothenburg for a 3-days visit. Daniel is one of the top three geologists at
Pleasant and unexpected news from the Geological Society of Sweden. They have awarded Erik with the Hiärne Prize for his popular science activities. Having followed Erik's career over the past 13 years, I can confirm this prize is well deserved! Besides being very dedicated to
We are most grateful for receiving funding from the Danish Fund 'Aage V. Jensens fonde' for research in Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland. The funding will be spent on carrying out oceanographic studies and making CTD profiles in Ikka Fjord to obtain good, solid seawater data
In mid August, Erik and I decided spontaneously to go on one week's visit to Jämtland in central Sweden. We have friends living up there and Erik has his Impact Crater project in the area. Hence, this gave us the chance to stay at our
While Erik was touring around Iceland on various fieldwork projects, I spent all July at my mother's place in Gundsømagle, Roskilde in Denmark. I have been absolutely overworked for a very long period, and the corona stress on top of it didn't help much. It
Written by Erik Sturkell On the 4th of July I travelled to Iceland with multiple purposes: 1) to do field work, 2) to meet people, and 3) to attend our car and apartment. Upon arrival I took a Corona test that turned out to be negative, that’s
On the 30th of June, Erik took part in the recording of the Children's Summer Show “Sommarlov” (summer vacation) in Malmö, Southern Sweden. This TV show has been running for several summers and is at present part of the Swedish national television's (SVT) summer programs. The
Our main results from the 2019 fieldwork in Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland has been published in the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq. Because the Ikka columns now appear to be so fragile, it is important to share the knowledge with the local communities in Greenland. Otherwise, we