Text and photos by Erik Sturkell In late October (20 Oct.) I traveled east to Åbo in Finland to give a two weeklong intensive course in geophysics. This was the tenth time I gave this course (first time in 2011), and its popularity has steadily been
Rushed by reports of a deteriorated health of my uncle in Amsterdam, my mother and I went to the Netherlands to visit him. However, when we arrived at his care home, he was in a quite good condition and in no way near death. Hence,
What a fantastic conference! Probably one of the most interesting I've ever attended. The European Mineralogical Conference 2024 was held at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland in the third week of August. I went there as a convener and presenter on the carbonate session but
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell One week in November was spent working with my impact colleague Jens Ormö in Madrid, Spain. I arrived on the evening of November 19 and took a taxi to the hotel. The hotel was conveniently located near the airport and
Erik and I had a week of vacation in Denmark, where we went around doing a bit of tourism and visiting places we had wished to see for a long time. On the first day, we went with my mother to Tivoli in Copenhagen. Each
While I went to Denmark to take part in the funeral service of Henning Thing and meet up with friends and former colleagues from the Danish Polar Center, Erik went to Iceland to take care of our Toyota Land Cruiser and make it ready for
The past week was spent in Reykjavík, Iceland taking care of practical matters and meeting up with friends. We still have an apartment in Reykjavik, where part of it is rented out, and our big Toyota Landcruiser was desperately in need of a better long-term
Written by Erik SturkellAll photos taken by Erik Sturkell In spring 2022, I joined the board for the event “Geology Day” which takes place the second Saturday of September every year. The purpose of this event is to inform people about geology in an inspiring way
Written by Erik Sturkell End October I went eastbound to Åbo in Finland for two weeks. The mission was to give an intensive course in geophysics for students at Åbo Akademi University and University of Turko (Turun yliopisto). Prof. Olav Eklund (Joffi) introduced me to this
Written by Erik Sturkell In November I traveled to Spain to work with impact-colleague Jens Ormö. During the first two weeks we worked in Madrid at his impact laboratory. The last week was spent in the field in southern Spain (Andalusia) studying different types of breccia.