Valgeir Benediktsson: Growing up with Driftwood

Valgeir Benediktsson: Growing up with Driftwood

I grew up with driftwood Interview with Valgeir Benediktsson, carpenter and craftsman, Árnes ? Could you tell us a little bit about your relation with driftwood? I grew up with driftwood. My parents resettled here when I was a baby, they rented a part of the...
Lísabet Guðmundsdóttir: A Resource you didn’t waste

Lísabet Guðmundsdóttir: A Resource you didn’t waste

Driftwood was a resource you didn't want to waste Interview with Lísabet Guðmundsdóttir, PhD student, University of Iceland ; What makes this site here at Hvítsandar special? Driftwood has been a very important resource for the Icelandic nation basically since the...
Björn Guðni Guðjónsson: I’m really lucky to be alive

Björn Guðni Guðjónsson: I’m really lucky to be alive

I’m really lucky to be alive Interview with Björn Guðjónsson, Bakkagerði ; How was the driftwood situation here in the past? Nowadays, we only receive very little driftwood here and mostly it’s lousy timber. But in the older days a lot of driftwood came ashore. We...
Ólafur Eggertsson: Origin of the Arctic Driftwood

Ólafur Eggertsson: Origin of the Arctic Driftwood

Origin of the arctic Driftwood Interview with Ólafur Eggertsson, Icelandic Forest Service ? I would like to know more about the archival character of driftwood – what kind of information does it contain? We can find driftwood on all Icelandic beaches; all of it...
Kristinn Schram: Driftwood as a source of the Divine

Kristinn Schram: Driftwood as a source of the Divine

driftwood as a source of the Divine Interview with Kristinn Schram, University of Iceland ? Driftwood plays a very important role in Iceland’s history. How have people made use of driftwood as a natural resource? Due to the lack of trees, finding fuel and...