One week was spent in Jämtland, Northern Sweden in end of September in search of further evidence of a third meteorite crater in the Lockne - Tandsbyn area. This is a continuation of the field campaign that Erik and I started last autumn, and where
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell On the last day in July, I traveled to Iceland for carrying out fieldwork around the Askja volcano. This volcano has inflated since August 2021 with nearly 70 cm until late summer 2023. The continues GPS stations indicate that uplift
I'm really happy to report that we got 11 team members home safely, and that the ikaite columns of Ikka Fjord appear to have recovered remarkably in the last couple of years. In certain areas of the fjord, they are teeming with life just like
Thanks to new funding from the Aage V. Jensens Fond in Denmark, we are now able to invite our two German divers, Uli Kunz and Florian Huber to join us again on fieldwork in Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland. They were part of a film crew
The last ten days have been spent around the Lockne meteorite crater in Jämtland, Central Sweden in search of a possible third crater in the vicinity of the Lockne crater. Erik and his colleague Jens Ormö have been studying the geological map and the ejecta
Two weeks in August were spent in Iceland and started with a fieldwork campaign around the volcano Askja in the central highlands. My tall nephew Adrian Heldrup had volunteered to be our field assistant, which he was the perfect candidate for as it is an
Written by Erik Sturkell This year in July, I got the opportunity to visit the tiny island called Surtsey once more. This Icelandic Island is less than 1.25 km2 in size and continuously getting smaller. It was my third visit to the island, and we were performing
Our two German scientific divers from the Ikka expedition 2021, Uli Kunz and Florian Huber have both taken part in interviews on the Stephan Wiesner YouTube channel. These videos are interesting to watch and give an inspiring insight into scientific diving and photographing. The video
The first of the German documentaries, featuring the Ikka project, was aired on TV channel ARTE in January: https://programm.ard.de/TV/Themenschwerpunkte/Dokus--Reportagen/Umwelt-und-Natur/Startseite/?sendung=287244000834318 Same program will be presented on the ZDF channel on 11th or 18th of June 2023 as part of the German science series Terra X. An extended
Written by Erik Sturkell The Lockne impact structure still hosts unknowns and research continues. Jens Ormö from Madrid came to Gothenburg 30th of September and stayed two nights. Early Sunday morning we drove to Lockne and it took all day. We rented a small cottage at the