Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.02.2019, Síða 12

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12 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • February 15 2019
Julianna Roberts, Executive Director
New Iceland Heritage Museum
Gimli, MB
In August 2005, Mexican filmmaker and pilot
Francisco Gutiérrez took off in his ultralight
aircraft from Montreal to follow the monarch
butterflies on their 6,000 km migration from
Canada to the mountains of central Mexico, in
a bid to raise awareness of the importance of
preserving the butterflies’ habitat.
In collaboration with
the Embassy of Mexico,
the Canada Aviation
and Space Museum has
produced an exhibition
from the material
recorded by Gutiérrez on
his journey aboard the
Papalotzin, the nickname
of his ultralight aircraft,
which means “small
butterfly” in the Aztec
language. On the Trail of
the Monarch Butterfly will
be presented at the New
Iceland Heritage Museum
in Gimli, Manitoba,
starting on February 15
and continuing until May
1, 2019.
On the Trail of the Monarch Butterfly features
breathtaking photographs taken by Gutiérrez,
as well as the 60-minute movie documentary
Papalotzin – The Flight of the Monarch Butterfly.
A number of educational activities and crafts
are also available to help raise awareness to the
conservation issues facing Monarch butterflies.
The museum will be showing the movie
daily on the odd hours: 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00. On
weekends, it will be shown at 1:00 and 3:00.
K jarninn – “I sense great interest, and I have of course had
numerous bilateral meetings since I took over as minister;
this is important for hearing states’ emphases and policies
and currents first hand,” said Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór
Þórðarson on Kjarninn’s television program discussing Arctic
affairs. Guðlaugur said that the interests of the Chinese and
Russians in the issue area were known. In addition, however, there
is great interest throughout Asia.
The foreign minister said that he had emphasized drawing
attention to Arctic affairs in many parts of the world, including
Europe and bigger states in North America, the United States and
Canada. Most of the world’s nations are looking at the region and
following developments there. They are consequently looking to
Iceland because of its location.
Guðlaugur said that the most memorable meeting he had
regarding the matter was with a government minister from
Singapore. “They have two kinds of policy on this: on one hand,
to increase the elevation of the entire country 1½ metres. On the
other, they want to reap the benefits of the sailing routes that are
opening. That was the policy in a nutshell.” The minister said that
when a new sailing route opens, as is happening through the North,
it inevitably means increased opportunities for commerce.
“Most people, hopefully all people, approach this wanting
to see sustainability there, and wanting not to see things like
environmental accidents or pollution accidents or any such thing,
which is a threat to us that we must particularly consider. For
this to materialize, there must be agreement among states that
international law shall apply there, and that nothing happens in
this area that we do not want to see.”
Reprinted with permission from Icelandic News Briefs,
published by KOM PR.
“Human Ecology and Culture at Lake Mývatn, 1700-2000:
Dimensions of Environmental and Cultural Change,” is an
intensive graduate summer course being offered by Svartártkot
Culture – Nature (SCN) from August 16 to 26, 2019. This unique
course integrates environmental humanities and social sciences, and
it welcomes professors and scholars looking for new insights and
inspirations in post-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary methods.
Participants will visit the Mývatn Research Centre, enjoy
an archaeological tour of Hofstaðir, delve into local archives,
undertake hands-on field work, and hear lectures on a variety
of topics from Arctic farming to climate change and from
sustainability to legendary landscapes. Along the way, they’ll
learn about the 18th-century poet Látra-Björg (Björg Einarsdóttir),
Framengjar, historic outlaws, and elemental beings.
It’s hard to decide whether the most intriguing lecture title
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The rural regions of Mývatn and Bárðardalur in Suður
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