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
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
This summer with all its rainy weather has allowed me the time to read two books about volcanic eruptions. One fictional novel 'Eldarnir – Ástin og aðrar hamfarir' by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir from Iceland, and one biography 'Surviving Galeras' by the American volcanologist Stanley Williams.
Erik is currently in Iceland to take part in the annual glacier trip to Vatnajökull (Vorferð) with JÖRFÍ. However, he was extremely lucky to even see the onset of the most recent volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula. He was taking part in the weekly
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell On the 19th of February I traveled to Iceland to spend a week. There were a lot of things to attend both big and small. I had hopes high to be able to visit Grindavík and to see the new lava
While Erik attended a wedding in Stockholm, I took our two Smooth Collies in a southern direction to Kungsbacka Brukshundsklubb in Halland. As an owner of two herding dogs / working dogs, it's beneficial for the breed to get a mental description on as many
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell Gabrielle, Adrian, and I came down from the volcano Askja in the afternoon of the 22nd of August. The next day, Otto Hermelin and Draupnir Einarsson from Stockholm University came to Reykjahlíð to pick me up. Otto and I were the
The film shooting that took place back in August 2021 during fieldwork in Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland is finally released in the science program Terra X on German channel ZDF. It will premiere on Sunday, 18 June at 19:30 (Swedish/Danish time zone), but is already
The Nordic-Arctic Co-operation Programme NAPA has granted a 2nd year of funding to the IKKA project in Greenland. We are most grateful for this funding to our project 'The Ikaite columns - past and future, and prospects in a changing Arctic', which is led by
Susan Hansen, owner of ULDvedalen knitwear, has knitted a beautiful bordeaux coloured sweater and made it a gift to me (see photos). A truly unique and highly treasured gift! I'm completely addicted to knitted sweaters. After having lived in Iceland for several years, I have