Lorraine is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. She completed a PhD at Lund University, Sweden and a MSc at Rennes 1 University, France. She has a general fascination for mountains, enjoys fieldwork and is thrilled by the sight of high-pressure rocks. The first time I landed on Swedish […]
This is part 2 of Anna Bidgood‘s adventure in the Gardar Province. You can read part 1 here. NARSAQ AND A BREAK! After 3 weeks of mapping we took a boat to Narsaq where we planned to spend 3 days relaxing in the hostel and restocking our food supplies. Narsaq is a town of 1800 people […]
ARRIVING IN IGALIKO AND SETTING UP BASE CAMP We got picked up at Itilleq by a Landrover to transport our tents, food, tables, chairs and gun over to Igaliko. The gun we are carrying is for polar bear protection, however it is rare to get a polar bear this far south, particularly in the summer […]
