Atlantica - 01.09.2000, Qupperneq 7

ATLANTICA is produced for
passengers on Icelandair’s
international routes and is not
for distribution within Iceland.
ATLANTICA is published in Reykjavík, Iceland,
by Vaka-Helgafell hf.
Editor:
Jón Kaldal
Deputy and picture editor:
Páll Stefánsson
Staff writers and translators:
Anna Margrét Björnsson
Victoria Cribb
Edward Weinman
Designer:
Erlingur Páll Ingvarsson
Proof reader:
Christine Sheard
Editorial consultant:
Einar Sigurdsson, Assistant to the
President of Icelandair
Production:
Bryndís Íris Stefánsdóttir
Managing director:
Pétur Már Ólafsson
Treasurer:
Erna Franklín
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Haraldur J. Hamar (international)
Bogi Örn Emilsson (international)
Jóhanna E. Vilhelmsdóttir (domestic)
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Tel. (354) 511 5700
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Printed at Oddi, Iceland
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ATLANTICA SEPT.-OCT. 2000
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CONTENTS
7 PUNCTUALITY – THE KEY TO SHORT TRAVELLING TIME
Address from the Icelandair president and CEO, Sugurdur Helgason.
9 AIRMAIL
This and that from here and there.
12 NORTHERN EXPOSURE IN THE BEST OF HANDS
Media manager John Best talks to Jennifer McCormack about music,
PR and where to have a good time in Iceland.
18 HOLLYWOOD’S GENTLE GIANT
Anna Margrét Björnsson chats with best-selling author and producer Michael Crichton.
22 ICELAND FOCUS
Photographer Páll Stefánsson meets a sheepdog on the beach and gets all steamed up
at north Iceland’s very own blue lagoon.
26 A LAND DEFINED BY WATER
Anna Margrét Björnsson contrasts the watery world of Minneapolis with the deserts of
the North Dakota Badlands. Photographs by Páll Stefánsson.
34 WINDOW VIEWING
Rejecting the picture postcard look, photographer Einar Falur Ingólfsson goes in
search of the “true” landscape.
42 PAST AND PRESENT
South Greenland celebrates the millennium. Photographer Páll Stefánsson joins
in the fun.
47 SCULPTURE VIGELAND
Páll Stefánsson photographs Oslo’s Vigeland Park.
51 FOOTBALL PRODIGY
Edward Weinman talks to Eidur Smári Gudjohnsen, the Icelandic striker recently signed
to UK premier league football club, Chelsea.
57 I-SITE
Info and ideas in Iceland.
66 ATLANTICA INQUISITION
Edward Weinman puts the questions to writer, poet and former Sugar Cube
Bragi Ólafsson.
69 TAX- AND DUTY-FREE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Shopper’s stop at Keflavík International Airport.
83 WELCOME ABOARD
In-flight films & music, company notes, destination information,
domestic route map/facts about Iceland, US immigration and customs information,
international route map, flight bar.
On the cover: Kumamoto, Japan. Photo by Einar Falur Ingólfsson. See page 34.
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