My former PhD supervisor Sigurður Reynir Gíslason (Siggi) was awarded the Order of the Falcon by the President of Iceland in early January 2020. The reason for awarding him was his "scientific achievements within the field of geochemistry and pioneering of carbon sequestration techniques in
Professor Valentin Troll (Val) from Uppsala University in Sweden came to Iceland earlier in the month to be one of the opponents for Robert Askew's PhD dissertation. Rob did great and can now call him self Dr. Askew. This happy occasion came me the possibility
Our New Year was spent in Skorradalur near Borganes. We have one dog that is terrified of fireworks and knowing from last year how crazy Icelanders are about shooting off fireworks, staying in Reykjavík was simply not an option. Skorradalur is a really beautiful area
In November 2019, Erik and I had a severe accident with our old Toyota Landcruiser and in many ways lucky to still be alive. We are not the first to be in an accident in Iceland due to snowy slippery roads. Quite many of our
