Time to present the participants of the IKKA expedition 2025 heading to Ikka Fjord in SW Greenland in June 2025. We are six scientists this year plus Kunuk Albrechtsen from Arsuk aiding us again. There will be three different research projects covered this year of
Easter in Sweden offered visits by friends we know from our time in Iceland. Maja Bar Rasmussen arrived from Denmark and brought Dave, Matylda, and Freja with her to our home where we shared a really nice dinner. The following day we took Maja to
Exactly 12.5 years ago I participated in the wedding of our friends Lene Düwel Andersen and Jens Andersen in Roskilde. As tradition has it in Denmark, when you have reached half way to the Silver wedding (25 years), you celebrate the Copper wedding anniversary (12.5
Our young Dutch 'girl' just turned 3 years on one of the warmest and sunniest days so far. We celebrated it with a visit by Maria and dog friend Lowe in the garden. It's been kind of a dramatic year for Jörfi as we found
Great news! We finally managed to get the article published that covers the work that Sigríður María Aðalsteinsdóttir (Sigga) did for her MSc thesis at the University of Iceland. She joined us on fieldwork to Greenland in 2019 and sampled rocks from the Grønnedal-Íka alkaline
This past weekend offered by far the highest temperatures of the year so far. After a quite miserable foggy and wet winter in Gothenburg, it was great to see the sun again and feel some warmth. We went to visit our friends Lena and Calle
Our Ikkaton - Climate Solutions project (https://ikkaton.com), led by CEO Erik Trampe, has made it into this really excellent article by Kalundborg Harbour (in Danish): https://portofkalundborg.dk/groen-innovation-paa-kalundborg-havn-ny-teknologi-omdanner-co2-til-kalk/ Kalundborg harbour in Denmark is the location of the pilot plant, where CO2 gas is turned into the mineral ikaite,
For many summers, it was a lovely tradition to have my aunt Helma and her friend Marianne la Bastide from the Netherlands come visiting us in Denmark for a couple of weeks. That was while my mother still lived in her big house in Gundsømagle
Our oldest dog, Deli (Honey Melon Fay Fidelia) has now reached the excellent Scotch whisky age of 12 years :-). We are so grateful for her company at this golden age. She is a very good companion and a role model for our younger dog,
Hope you have all had a good start on a new year! We have been to Dalarna in Central Sweden and enjoyed the frost and snow - and sled dogs! Our friends Bo and Susan from kennel Ulvedalen still have four Siberian Huskies and although