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
Who would have thought Denmark would offer a white Christmas this year? While Greenland and Iceland are lacking snow, snow fell over Gundsømagle on the 23-24 December and gave us one of the rare white Christmasses in Denmark. This is the last time, we will
Congratulations to Axel Sjöqvist on a successful PhD dissertation on the 10th of December 2021 at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Axel's PhD thesis is entitled "Ample Rare Elements - A Geochemical Anomaly in the Earth's Crust at Norra Kärr". His opponent was Thomas Find
Last Friday was the official day of Professor inauguration for Peter Stougaard and other newly-appointed professors at Aarhus University, Risø. Peter is a microbiologist working on the IKKA project and been leading several expeditions to Ikka Fjord in Greenland since 2007. Now appointed Professor in
With Halloween, Thanksgiving, All Saints' and All Souls' Day coming up, we fondly remember our stay in Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, where our landlord and -lady Bonnie and Pete, did a fantastic job at decorating their house for this time of year. Here below is a
Finally the wedding we have been waiting for and longing to for more than a year. Originally scheduled for last year, but due to covid-19 postponed to July this summer. Our friends and colleagues, Barbara Irene Kleine and Edward Wayne Marshall IV (Barbara and Ed)
Today was the Master's exam of Sigríður María Aðalsteinsdóttir (Sigga) at the University of Iceland. Sigga has been working with us on the IKKA project in Greenland since summer 2019, and her MS thesis is entitled 'The Low-Temperature Weathering of the Grønnedal-Íka Carbonatite-Alkaline Silicate Igneous
We celebrated Erik's 59th birthday with a small garden party at our new home. The weather was just glorious and since most of us are (fully) vaccinated by now, it even feels safe to meet again in social gatherings like this. We were able to
End of May, Erik and I travelled to Iceland for a multitude of purposes. I had to pack my office at the University of Iceland as I'm no longer employed there, and we had to sort things in our apartment in Reykjavík. Erik came for
Our oldest dog Glitnir is now like a good single malt whiskey - 12 years old. Smooth collies originate from Scotland, originally herding dogs, but nowadays more commonly used as pets and for obedience and agility sports. Glitnir has mainly been a good companion and