Working visit to Iceland - Day 2

October 13, 2022

  • A landscape. A lake surrounded by fields. There are large white buildings with red roofs on the other side of the lake. There are snowy mountains in the background. The sky is blue.
  • Governor General Mary Simon is sitting at a desk in a study. She is writing in a book.
  • The Governor General is standing to the right of His Excellency, Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, President of Iceland.
  • Mr. Fraser is standing next to Mr. Gudvardur Mar Gunnlaugsson. They are talking. A large manuscript with weathered pages is open in front of them.
  • Mr. Fraser is standing next to Mr. Gudvardur Mar Gunnlaugsson. They are talking. A large manuscript with weathered pages is open in front of them.
  • Mr. Fraser and Col. Ronald Walker are standing in a cemetery. There is a row of grey stone tombstones in front of them.
  • Mr. Fraser, Col. Ronald Walker and a person wearing a military uniform are standing in front of a stone memorial in Fossvogur Cemetery. There is a wreath leaning against the memorial.
  • A wreath leaning against a memorial in Fossvogur Cemetery. Text on a red ribbon next to the wreath reads, “The people of Canada.”
  • Governor General Mary Simon is standing to the left of Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The light-blue poster behind them reads, “ArcticCicle.org” and “Arctic Circle”.
  • Governor General Mary Simon and Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson are sitting across from each other at a long table. Several other people are seated at the table. They are engaged in a discussion.
  • Governor General Mary Simon is standing to the left of Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. They are smiling.
  • The Governor General is standing behind a podium on a large stage. She is speaking into a microphone.
  • A large seated audience. The wall next to the audience is lit with blue lights and a projection on the wall reads, “Arctic Circle.”
  • The Governor General is speaking to Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. They are sitting next to each other in black armchairs.
  • The Governor General is standing next to His Excellency, Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia. There is a large patterned glass wall behind them.
  • The Governor General is speaking to a small group of people in a library.
  • The Governor General is speaking into a microphone.
  • View looking down at the library where the Governor General is speaking to a group of people.