North, South, East and West. Another 6 months in Sweden and beyond
It would appear that 6 months have somehow managed to slip by since I last added an update on here. As the time ticked along, yet more noteworthy events occurred and the task of assembling them into a coherent text became ever more daunting. But here I am with a free day on my hands as it is Ascension Day (a public holiday in Sweden), so I’ll do my best to cover the highlights of the past half year. Collecting data on Storglaciären. Sweden's tallest mountain, Kebnekaise behind. Since I wrote last November, numerous milestones have been met. As with many people there’s been some catching up to do after Covid-related delays and both personal and work trips and events have bunched up into 2022. On the work front, back in February I published my first journal article ( www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.734682/full - just in case you’re interested in geophysics in glacial environments!), something I had been working on for over two years so was ecstatic when the ‘acce...