Text and photos by Erik Sturkell Gabrielle believed I needed to take up a hobby as I'm getting closer to retirement (>6 years). Thus, I resurrected my stamp collection of Cape of Good Hope. The Huddex 2026 (figure 1) was the first exhibit I took part in,
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.
Last week of August was spent visiting our friend Paul Seaman and family in Scotland and going with Paul on a short trip down to the City of York in northern England. It's long been on our wish list to visit Paul and his wife
Erik and I went on a short trip to Reykjavík just to check up on our apartment and our car, and getting the chance to meet up with friends in Iceland. The volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes was still ongoing on our arrival and could
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell In late October (20 Oct.) I traveled east to Åbo in Finland to give a two weeklong intensive course in geophysics. This was the tenth time I gave this course (first time in 2011), and its popularity has steadily been
Rushed by reports of a deteriorated health of my uncle in Amsterdam, my mother and I went to the Netherlands to visit him. However, when we arrived at his care home, he was in a quite good condition and in no way near death. Hence,
What a fantastic conference! Probably one of the most interesting I've ever attended. The European Mineralogical Conference 2024 was held at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland in the third week of August. I went there as a convener and presenter on the carbonate session but
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell One week in November was spent working with my impact colleague Jens Ormö in Madrid, Spain. I arrived on the evening of November 19 and took a taxi to the hotel. The hotel was conveniently located near the airport and
Erik and I had a week of vacation in Denmark, where we went around doing a bit of tourism and visiting places we had wished to see for a long time. On the first day, we went with my mother to Tivoli in Copenhagen. Each
While I went to Denmark to take part in the funeral service of Henning Thing and meet up with friends and former colleagues from the Danish Polar Center, Erik went to Iceland to take care of our Toyota Land Cruiser and make it ready for