![In February, Laura Watt received a joint grant from the prestigious Fulbright Scholars Program and the National Science Foundation to study the Arctic. Now, due to Covid-19, her year-long research trip to Iceland this summer has been put on hold. // Laura Watt Laura Watt Iceland](https://news.sonoma.edu/sites/news/files/styles/listing_thumbnail/public/field/image/laura_watt_fulrbight_ssu.png?itok=9IDqb7Nd)
![Watt first visited Djúpavík in 2017 when she went on a photography tour of the area. // Laura Watt Djúpavík](https://news.sonoma.edu/sites/news/files/styles/listing_thumbnail/public/field/image/djupavikwaterfall11.png?itok=YYXw4rsw)
![Ísafjörður, where Watt's sponsoring institution, the University Centre of the Westfjords, is located. // Laura Watt Ísafjörður](https://news.sonoma.edu/sites/news/files/styles/listing_thumbnail/public/field/image/iceland_fulbright_laura_watt.png?itok=DJJmEg1o)
![The view above Djúpavík. "Iceland is such a visual place, it's really wonderful," said Watt. // Laura Watt Djúpavík](https://news.sonoma.edu/sites/news/files/styles/listing_thumbnail/public/field/image/laura_watt_oceland_waterfall_1.png?itok=dLh-fVAS)
![Djúpavík covered in Snow. // Laura Watt Djúpavík](https://news.sonoma.edu/sites/news/files/styles/listing_thumbnail/public/field/image/djupavikwithsnow.png?itok=dUbrIfAl)
May 8, 2020
By Nate Galvan | galvanna@sonoma.edu
The Covid-19 pandemic has reached every part of the world, leaving essentially no one unaffected. Just ask Laura Watt, a professor in Sonoma State’s Geography, Environment...
By Nate Galvan | galvanna@sonoma.edu
The Covid-19 pandemic has reached every part of the world, leaving essentially no one unaffected. Just ask Laura Watt, a professor in Sonoma State’s Geography, Environment...