A Christmas Greeting From The North
COMMUNITY
Writer: Vilborg Einarsdottir
Photographs: Hólmgeir Karlsson
December 2020
Juullimi pilluaritsi - Gleðileg jól - Buorit Juovllat - Kamgan Ukudigaa - God jul - Nollaig Chridheil - ᖁᕕᐊᓱᕝᕕᒻᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦᓯ - Frohe Weihnachten - Nollaig shona duit - Счастливого Рождества - Hyvää joulua - Quviasuvvimmi Quviasugitsi - Gleðilig jól - Quyanalghii Kuusma - Merry Christmas - Дьоллоох Ороһооспонон -
In our region’s multiple languages, the JONAA editorial team wishes you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays - and most importantly a Wonderful year to come. This time our visual Christmas greeting comes with pictures from one magical place in the North, which seemed appropriate in a year where we have all strived to stay safe in our own little spaces and done our utmost to not spread the virus that has ruled over our lives and our communities.
These beautiful images from the High North town of Akureyri in Iceland are photographed by Hólmgeir Karlsson, mirroring tranquility and stillness, peace and calm of the darkest of winter - holding promises of brighter times ahead. ▢
The central street of a sleeping town on a dark December night. JONAA©Hólmgeir Karlsson
Northern lights embracing the iconic church of Akureyri. JONAA©Hólmgeir Karlsson
Vilborg Einarsdottir is the Editor-in-Chief of JONAA, the Journal of the North Atlantic & Arctic and a JONAA partner & founder. Formally a journalist for 12 years at Morgunblaðið in Iceland, she has worked since 1996 as a specialised producer of film, photography and media productions on extreme locations in Arctic Greenland and as a cultural producer in the Nordic-Arctic region. She is an awarded film and documentary scriptwriter and editor of photography books from the Arctic.
