Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.02.2019, Blaðsíða 2

Elín Elísabet is an illus-
trator and cartoonist
born and raised in
Borgarnes. At the
tender age of 15, Elín
moved to Reykjavík
and hasn’t looked
back, except for the
annual springtime
impulse to move
someplace quiet
and keep chickens.
Elín likes folk music,
stationery, seal vid-
eos, the country of
Ireland, and eggs.
Hannah Jane Cohen
is based out of Ice-
land by way of New
York. An alumni of
columbia university,
Hannah has lived
on five continents
and speaks three
languages fluently,
which is very impres-
sive. Her visionary
work is known for
expanding the defini-
tions of emotion,
introspection, and
above all else, taste.
John Rogers an
Englishman who first
joined us as a music
writer, later graduat-
ing to Managing
Editor. A constant
traveller, a lover of
art, culture, food and
nightlife, he edits
our Best of Reykjavík,
Best of Iceland and
Iceland Airwaves
sister publications.
His first book, “Real
Life,” was published
in 2014.
Art Bicnick is a man
of mystery, moving
like the wind through
the parties, soirées,
openings and sociali-
ate events of Rey-
kjavík. Sometimes he
can be seen abroad
in the countryside,
braving the spray
of a waterfall or the
frozen glacier air.
Always, he will have a
camera, document-
ing the moves of his
writer companion.
Sveinbjörn Pálsson is
Grapevine's Art Direc-
tor. When he isn't por-
ing over fonts and
obscure house music
in the better coffee
houses of Reykjavík,
he can be found
advising cats and
helping old ladies
carry their shopping.
He is a proud resi-
dent of Laugardalur
(adjacent).
Kolbeinn Arnal-
dur Dalrymple is
Grapevine’s business
reporter, contribut-
ing to daily news and
print issues alike. He
is also the chairman
of the Equal Rights
Youth Association,
and lives in beautiful
downtown Hafnar-
fjörður.
Andie Fontaine has
lived in Iceland since
1999 and has been
reporting since 2003.
They were the first
foreign-born mem-
ber of the Icelandic
Parliament, in 2007-
08, an experience
they recommend for
anyone who wants
to experience a
workplace where
colleagues work tire-
lessly to undermine
each other.
Timothée Lambrecq
is a French freelance
photographer and
filmmaker who can
be found exploring
Iceland’s nature,
small towns and 101
music scene. He’s
going to Japan soon
to seek his shiba
and matcha-filled
best life. Good luck
Timothée, we love
you! May the force be
with you... always.
Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir
is a national treasure.
One of Iceland's lead-
ing illustrators, when
she's not drawing
she's the front-
woman of Icelandic
electro-pop super-
group FM Belfast. Her
comic strip Lóabrato-
rium appears every
issue on page eight,
and is also available
as a daily dose on her
Twitter.
First 14: Being Bára 12: Climate Change And The Economy16: The Crashiversary 16: Whaling Still Sucks 24: Ragnar Returns To The i8 Gallery32: What Are Trows? 34: Into The Void Of aYia38: Borgarnes Film Freaks40: Introspective Dance 44: Feminist Glaciology45: Systir Are Doing It For Themselves 48: The Frozen Wave 50: Habitable Höfn
The Third World War
Is Now
According
to the latest
research, all
400 glaciers
in Iceland
w i l l h a v e
melted or
will be on
the brink
of disappearing by 2170. Some—
like Okjökull—have already
melted away. My grandchildren
will grow up on a completely
different island than I did. They
will never feel the mystical
power of the glaciers. They will
not have the same fearful respect
for them, like myself and my
forefathers. They will be the last
generation, for the foreseeable
future, to step on a glacier.
But they will live to see more
volcanic eruptions than my
generation will ever see. They
will have a less plentiful water
supply than us. Their prospects
of living will not be as free or as
optimistic as ours, when it comes
to the natural environment. The
sun will be stronger. The ocean
will be higher. The storms will be
devastating.
Perhaps, the year 2170 seems
far in the future for some. It’s
151 year until then. But keep in
mind that 150 years ago in the
year 1869, Mohandas Gandhi was
born. His ideas still echo through
our times and are more relevant
today than ever before.
Winston Churchill was born
145 years ago. The same man
that had a significant role in
saving Europe from the devas-
tation of the Nazis in the 1940s.
The human race promised after-
wards that nothing like this
could ever happen again.

But here we are, on the brink of
the thirld world war, still debat-
ing if global warming is real or
not. We are too preoccupied with
the idea of war as an exchange of
fire to understand that this time
the enemy is climate change.
Unlike other wars, this foe is
not trying to gain land, oil or
power. This enemy has no opin-
ions about ethnicity, religion or
democracy. It doesn’t care about
your money.
When my grandchildren look
up my generation in the history
books, I want them to find the
Gandhi of the 21st century. I want
them to find the leader that real-
ised the threat of climate change,
just as Churchill realised that
there was no negotiating with
the Nazis. I want them to find the
leader that took the hard deci-
sion to sacrifice everything, so
future generations—our grand-
children—can live free. VG
You can read our feature about
the future of Iceland’s glaciers on
page 19.
EDITORIAL
Sólheimajökull currently recedes by up to and over 100m annually
ON THE COVER:
Sólheimajökull, a rapidly
melting glacier tongue
of Mýrdalsjökull in south
Iceland
COVER PHOTO BY:
Timothée Lambrecq
STORY BY:
John Rogers
ABOUT THE PICTURE:
We sought a different
angle from the norm for
our glacier issue cover.
Rather than depicting
the glaciers as strong,
proud and towering,
Timothée went for a
visual vocabulary to
match words like 'frag-
ile' and 'diminishing,'
resulting in this striking
underwater shot.
VOLCANO &
EARTHQUAKE
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