Atlantica - 01.09.2003, Page 5

ATLANTICA is produced for
passengers on Icelandair’s
international routes and is not
for distribution within Iceland.
ATLANTICA is published in Reykjavík, Iceland,
by Iceland Review a division of Heimur Ltd.
Editor:
Jón Kaldal
Deputy and picture editor:
Páll Stefánsson
Staff writers and translators:
Anna Margrét Björnsson
Edward Weinman
Krista L. Mahr
Designer:
Erlingur Páll Ingvarsson
Proof-reader:
Raymond T. Meaney
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Guðjón Arngrímsson
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AT L A N T I C A S E P T- O C T 2 0 0 3
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On the cover: Alina at Ludlow Street in New York’s Lower East Side, photo by Páll Stefánsson.
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CONTENTS
5 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FLIGHT
Address from Icelandair president and CEO Sigurdur Helgason.
7 AIRMAIL
This and that from here and there.
12 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
What happens when you put Britain’s most coveted photographer on ice?
Krista Mahr meets with Brian Griffin to find out. Photographs by Brian Griffin.
Portrait of Griffin by Páll Stefánsson.
16 WALK THE WORLD
Jón Kaldal took a walk from Manhattan's not so wild side of SoHo to the more
edgy Lower East Side, crossing through Little Italy and crowded Chinatown
along the way.
24 CLICK, CLICK
Scenes from photographer Páll Stefánsson’s travelogue.
28 OFFBEAT GENIUS
Icelandic installation artist Ólafur Elíasson exhibits at the Tate Modern.
He is the youngest artist ever to exhibit in this prestigious museum.
By freelance writer Sigrún Davídsdóttir.
31 I-SITE
Info and ideas in Iceland.
42 THE ATLANTICA INQUISITION
Meet the hosts of Hjartsláttur á ferd og flugi, favourite TV girl duo Thóra
Karítas Árnadóttir and Maríkó Margrét Ragnarsdóttir. Interview by Krista Mahr.
Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
46 TAX- AND DUTY-FREE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
The shopper’s stop at Keflavík International Airport.
51 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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