Search for meteorite crater in Jämtland

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 field around Lockne and found an anomaly that could point towards a satellite crater close to Lockne. Unfortunately, Jens was unable to join us on the fieldwork this year, but Erik, I and the dogs heroically did levelling and gravity measurements over the suspected crater. Our presence caused curiosity from the locals, and Erik spend some hours explaining to people what on Earth we were doing. Radio station P4 Jämtland showed up an early morning and did a great interview with Erik. A shortened version of it can be found here (in Swedish): https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/undersokning-vid-locknekratern-kan-ha-varit-ett-meteoritnedslag-till

We were extremely lucky with the autumn weather and only experienced two days of rain. The last data was acquired on the last day in the afternoon (in rain). Thus, we really needed all these days in the field. Nevertheless, there was also time for some social visits. We had one lunch talk and visit to the Lockne meteorite crater museum (https://www.locknekratern.se), a dinner together with our friend Anneli Berg’s mother in Tandsbyn, and a coffee & brunch visit to my ‘old’ sled dog friend Nina Plesner in Lundsjön. This year, we stayed at Sörbygården outside Brunflo. A very nice Bed & Breakfast accommodation, which worked really well with the dogs, too. The dogs loved fieldwork in Jämtland as always! This was Jörfi’s first trip to the area and her first ‘duty’ as a geological fieldwork dog. Both dogs were wearing orange jackets to ensure they weren’t mistaken for wild game in the ongoing hunting season. The hunt is for moose, and we stayed out of the woods during the weekend, when we knew the hunters were out. They were informed about our work, too. Going back to the dogs, we have probably never seen Jörfi as thrilled and happy as she was in the field. It was the perfect place to train obedience with her and she did great!