Marine biologist Lina Rasmusson and I were invited to take part in a webinar at the University of Gothenburg under the framework of Sea & Society Talks. The topic was Ikka Fjord in Greenland and the results of our recently finished NAPA project mentioned in
Our NAPA-funded 3-year IKKA project has now come to an end. We are most grateful for the funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers and Aage V. Jensen's Fond, which enabled us to carry out this project entitled 'The Ikaite columns - past and future,
The final major work on Geologists in movies Featured in the magazine Geology Today: Geologists on the silver screen—the sequel In spring 2026, a new article about geologists in movies got published. The article is in the category “Feature” with the reference: Sturkell, E., Sjöqvist, A., Björklund, L.,
There has been a massive interest in Greenland in recent months, understandably. With my background in Greenland, both as a researcher and as a child living in Nuuk 1978 -1981, I'm more than happy to share my knowledge. Greenland is still like a second home
We are happy and proud to have been part of two science awards granted to students / co-workers collaborating on our science projects. First, a big applause to Luca Smeraglia from the Institute of Geology and Environmental Geoengineering, National Research Council in Rome, Italy who
Erik and I just returned from the Nordic Geological Winter Meeting 2026 (https://ngwm2026.fi), which was held in Åbo in Finland, also called Turku in Finnish. This is the place Erik goes to every second year to teach Geophysics at Åbo Akademi. Thus, he knows both
Cover photo by Florian Huber, SUBMARIS 2025 ------------ Thanks to IKKA colleague and diver, Florian Huber from the company SUBMARIS, we got in contact with journalist Alex Rühle from Süddeutsche Zeitung - a well-known and well-established newspaper from Bayern in Germany. This resulted in a very nice
Photos & text by Erik Sturkell In November 2025, the final part of the EU-funded project Nexus monARC took place. The project ended on Santorini and Milos with an excursion. Bengt Liljebladh and I decided to take part in the excursion and therefore travelled to Greece.
Erik was invited by archeologist Anna Nyqvist Thorsson to Husaby Church near Skara in the Götene municipality. His task was to inspect the sandstone used in the construction of the church and the two impressive tombs lined up at each side at the entrance to
Greenland newspaper Sermitsiaq has published a new article about our Ikka project. This time, a coverage of the fieldwork in Ikka Fjord this summer and what we hope to achieve with the dataloggers we deployed on three ikaite columns. The goal is to have long-term