Did you know that the only two ancient Egyptian mummies in Indiana are located in Richmond? One is in Wayne County Historical Museum, and the other is right here at Earlham College as a part of the Joseph Moore Museum. … Read More
Discussions are ongoing about the viability of summer travel given the pandemic. However, as Charlie has blogged recently, we are “acting as if”. As such, we are trying to maintain our original calendar. Lo and behold, we have: Here’s the … Read More
For the first two months of 2020 we planned and worked as though we would be working in Iceland during June; once we realized that the Covid-19 pandemic would prevent that, and much else, we re-organized ourselves and our work … Read More
Today is the official re-start of our National Geographic Society supported near-Earth survey work in Iceland (Earlham’s press release). Like many other scientists we have been unable to travel to field sites since the onset of the pandemic, the National … Read More
After three extremely short flights, these are my notes about the Parrot Anafi drone. We’re experimenting with different UAV’s as part of the Iceland terrestrial surveying program (we’re being optimistic about travel in 2021…). These are some notes with my initial observations. This is … Read More
This is our last full day in Reykjavik and in Iceland. In the morning we visited the Hellisheiði Power Plant for the ON Geothermal Exhibition, which gives us a detailed introduction including the history of Iceland using geothermal energy and … Read More
Finally, freedom! We were back in Reykjavik and each of us got the whole day free to do whatever the heck we wanted in the capital. I decided to stay in for lunch, made myself an omelette and some ramen, … Read More
Today was our last day at Skalanes, which is always a bit sad. After spending a wonderful week here doing science, hiking, cooking, and eating together with a group of students from Scotland we are packing-up to head back West … Read More
Today was the last full day here at Skalanes, a bittersweet kind of day. It started out with a presentation from Òli, who is currently working on his dissertation on the subject of the sustainability of Skalanes. The work here … Read More
Hey everyone! My name is Jordan Christian and I am a rising senior with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Global Management. My work here in Iceland has been primarily concerned with networking and configuration for our … Read More