The sea remembers everything: Can we solve the plastic crisis? Like driftwood, all things that are floating tell a story and these stories connect us across the ocean and across the globe. – Catherine Chambers, University Centre of the Westfjords – Although plastics...
Seeing the forest for the trees: What roles do woodlands play? Many people perceive the treelessness of Iceland as an inherent part of its nature, but it is in fact a manmade landscape. – Aðalsteinn Sigurgeirsson, Icelandic Forest Service – According to the historical...
CHARACTER ACTOR: WHAT ROLES DOES DRIFTWOOD PLAY? When my dad had a free moment in the evenings, he would often carve animals from wood for us children with a knife. – Valgeir Benediktsson, driftwood carpenter and craftsman – Driftwood is a ubiquitous actor in...
LIVING ARCHIVE: WHAT DOES DRIFTWOOD TELL US ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? I’m so impressed by these trees, they really had a tough journey. That’s another reason why they should be celebrated and used for exciting research. – Hans Linderholm, University of Gothenburg – Old...
THE FAMILY TREE: WHERE DOES DRIFTWOOD COME FROM? Jón lærði Guðmundsson, a poet and magician from the 17th century, assumed driftwood came from underwater forests – and when trees died, they would drift to the ocean‘s surface. – Kristinn Schram, University of...
