Congrats to the organisers of the 35th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland on a very successful conference! Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Halld´ór Geirsson, Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir and the company SENA did a really good job in creating not only an interesting meeting but also
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
It was finally possible to travel east to Åbo in Finland again. The Erasmus cooperation with Åbo Akademi could be re-activated. The two-weeks course “Introduction to Geophysics” has become more and more popular with time and attract students from the Finish university “Turun yliopisto”, too.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a much happier New Year 2021! We were lucky in the sense that we could go to Denmark and celebrate Christmas with my mother - after taking a negative corona test. Most days in Denmark was spent on
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
Under våren 2017 hade filmen “Gold” premiär på biograferna, men filmen var endast uppe på vita duken en kort tid. Under juli måned blev filmen tillgänglig på dvd och att ladda ner. Erik Sturkell, 2017. Gold. Geologiskt Forum 95/2017, p. 25. Here is a link to the