Wednesday 12.009.2012 Schooner Hildur is now on her way from Greenland to Húsavík after concluding 4 week long tours in the Scoresbysund fjordsystem. They are about 45 nm from Kolbeinsey (see picture below) and estimated time of arrival in Húsavík is around 22pm tonight. We are very much looking forward to schooner Hildur´s arrival…
Finally the foggy weather has cleared up and now there is good visability and whales all around in Skjálfandi bay, Húsavík! This morning our boats have been watching playful dolphins in big groups all around the bay and at least two nice and calm minke whales. AND in the 12 o’clock tour our boat…
We have had some great whale watching these past days here in Ólafsfjörður, in fact it has never been better. To proof it I have added some great pictures I took today. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Guide Binni. …
North Sailing is now preparing for the first Greenland Expedition of the season. The project started in 2010 when Schooner Hildur was taken to the mighty Scoresby Sound fjord for exploration of the area. This evolved quickly and last summer North Sailing scheduled two trips with passengers, both of which were sold out. …
Yesterday was a rather unusual day for North Sailing. Due to bad weather on monday and tuesday this week we unfortunately had to cancel some of our scheduled whale-watching tours. We felt sorry for our guests who had booked their tours for those two day and were so much looking forward to whale watching but…
Following pictures were taken by captain Heimir Harðarson on schooner Haukur and Kjartan Pétur Sigurðsson, a passenger on m/s Garðar. Copyright: Heimir Harðarson Copyright: Heimir Harðarson Copyright: Heimir Harðarson Copyright: Heimir Harðarson Copyright: Heimir Harðarson Copyright: Kjartan Pétur Sigurðsson
Annukka Pekkarinen from Finland has recently joined our team for this summer as a whale watching guide and deckhand on our schooner tours. She has studied Marine Biology and Coastal Marine Management. We sat down together in our cosy staffroom, and I would like to share this short interview with you. Q: Annukka,…
It was a sunny, bright and rather calm day at sea when we were heading out with our boat „Bjössi Sör“ , guide Baldur and an international crowd of passengers. After less than an hour, heading from Húsavík harbour to the mountains across Skjálfandi Bay, Baldur made out several whale spouts. From the upper…
The newest team member of the North Sailing guides is Sabrina Brando. Sabrina has joined us this summer for the first time, and we would like to get to know her a little better. Sabrina runs her own company, AnimalConcepts, a consultancy company working on animal welfare, in zoos, research institutes, universities, public…
Mark Carwardine, a zoologist, conservationist and famous writer and TV/ radio presenter, has been a friend of the North Sailing family for years. Mark joined us last weekend again for a couple of days. He is currently working on a project with Blue Whales, and what better place in the world is there than Skjálfandi…
Today, North Sailing was officially rated with a Certificate of Excellence by Tripadvisor, the world‘s largest travel site for travellers feedback. This award, which is given only to the most exceptional performes in Tripadvisor‘s global business community is a significant achievement. North Sailing is thrilled to have received such positive recognition from our customers, and…
Whale watching on Skjálfandi Bay can get quite chilly, even in summertime. Out on sea the temperatures are usually a few degrees less than on shore, and the wind can add to that. North Sailing therefore provides professional, warm overalls from the icelandic brand 66North for all passengers. Now we have bought brandnew overalls for…
It is the time of the midnight sun when the whale watching season in Húsavík is finally in full swing and the North Sailing staff members from Húsavík and all over the world gather for the summer season. While we only count 15 staff members in winter this number goes up to almost 100 in…
Recent days have been excellent in the bay of Skjálfandi. The food conditions are obviously good for both birdlife and whales. And not just any whales, the big BLUES are here! Blue whales (deu: blauwal), humpback whales (deu: buckelwal), minke whale (deu: zwergwal) and dolphins have been feeding all in the same place, just…
For the last two weeks there was a research team in Skjálfandi Bay, exploring our frequent visitors in the bay, the Blue Whales. A team of scientists have started a new project of tagging Blue Whales to learn about the feeding behaviour of this largest animal of the world. The most interesting question…
Today a crew of seven went out on our schooner HAUKUR on our monthly safety drill. While the weather was not offering perfect conditions for whale watching we used the time and occasion for checking the rigging and testing the new reefing system. Our boatsman Agnes has done a great job, and we are now…
We just got word from captain Heimir on our sailing schooner “Hildur”, that they (together with North Sailing’s other boat “Bjössi Sör” with captain Hrólfur) have been watching at least three (maybe even four) blue whales on the morning tour. It is of course an amazing sight to see the largest animal on the planet…
For the following tours: • Edge of the Arctic NSE-1 (departure from Húsavík) • Edge of the Arctic with Eagle Air NSE-1A (return flight from Reykjavík to Húsavík) Improving our service We constantly try to improve our services and strive to simplify our booking process. We have therefore decided to cancel…
Today there were some great moments on board our boat Knörrinn, when a Humpback whale was seen feeding in the surface, very close to the boat. Christian guide, managed to capture these moments on camera and following are a few pictures of this active Humpback whale. ©Christian Schmidt ©Christian Schmidt ©Christian Schmidt ©Christian Schmidt…
Great news from the crew of Knörrinn: First Humpback of the season spotted! We have not been out there for some days now due to stormy weather but today the wind has slowed down and the sun is shining. Hopefully the temperature will increase and bring more whales and birds into our bay. Hopefully…
The first tour of the season was on April 2nd. The weather was beautiful but really cold with some fresh snow around and a couple of minus centigrades. The second tour was today and the weather was a little bit milder and the sea was quite flat. We sailed out across the bay towards the…
