Atlantica - 01.03.2002, Síða 5

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Editor:
Jón Kaldal
Deputy and picture editor:
Páll Stefánsson
Staff writers and translators:
Anna Margrét Björnsson
Jennifer McCormack
Edward Weinman
Designer:
Erlingur Páll Ingvarsson
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Icelandair Manager of Public Relations
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ATLANTICA MARCH-APRIL 2002
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On the cover: From Paris. Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
CONTENTS
5 A UNIFIED FLEET
Address from Icelandair president and CEO Sigurdur Helgason.
7 AIRMAIL
This and that from here and there.
16 THE OUTSIDER
French actress Hélène de Fougerolles films on location in rural Iceland. Edward
Weinman meets up with the French siren as she copes with the darkness of winter.
21 WATER OF LIFE
Journey over Europe’s major waterways with photographer Páll Stefánsson.
30 SNAILS TRAVELLING AT LIGHTNING SPEED
Atlantica editor Jón Kaldal travels to London’s West End for the premiere of
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson’s play, The Feast of Snails. Photos by Páll Stefánsson.
38 ECCENTRIC BEAUTY
Icelandic photographer Spessi has a new exhibition at Brooklyn’s prestigious
Roebling Hall. Atlantica showcases a sample of his most recent work.
45 I-SITE
Info and ideas in Iceland.
54 ICELAND FOCUS
Photographer Páll Stefánsson heads to Iceland’s second largest glacier, Langjökull,
to check out life on the ice.
58 THE ATLANTICA INQUISITION
Örn Arnarsson, a silver medallist at last year’s Swimming and Diving World
Championships in Fukuoka, sits down with Anna Margrét Björnsson.
61 TAX- AND DUTY-FREE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
The shopper’s stop at Keflavík International Airport.
67 WELCOME ABOARD
In-flight films & music, company notes, destination information, domestic route
map/facts about Iceland, US immigration and customs information,
international route map and flight bar.
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