Just before Christmas North Sailing acquired yet another old house in need of refinement and new roles. The house, 50 sqm. timber houser built in 1920, was to be demolished but on eleventh hour it was found a possible place and a function. The house will be rebuilt and fitted on the company´s site and…
Garðarshólmi is a project North-Sailing has been working on for years and aims to set up a non-profit educational centre, located in Húsavík, where settlement of Nordic men first started in Iceland. Garðarshólmi will be dedicated to the Swedish explorer Garðar Svavarsson and his travel companion Náttfari which sailed to Iceland in 870 AD. Garðar…
For the past few days North Sailing has had a Swedish ‘Viking’ helping out with some important projects. The ‘Viking’ is called Leif Nilson and comes from Skärhamn which is a town in the west Swedish archipelago. The town is the same size as Húsavík, with a population of 2500 inhabitants, and is located in…
Every year, 13–15 year old students from the local school ‘Borgarholsskoli’, sail with North Sailing on the bay of Skjalfandi. The programme is different year from year, to make sure that each student gets to experience the bay in as many ways as possible. Each programme includes specialised guides, this year an expert on geography…
For anyone that’s planning ahead for next year, the price and schedule for 2006 is ready. We have decided to keep the same price as this year and the schedule will remain the same (see the links below): NS-1 Whale Watching Adults: 3800 ISK per person 15 – 16 years old: 1600 ISK 0 –…
Only being early October it feels a little early for Christmas but Húsavík sure looks like Father Christmas is just around the corner. This is exceptionally early for so much snow to settle and came as quite a surprise to many. Below are a few pictures of the town as it looks today. KK
The 2005 whale watching season in Húsavík is now at its end. The official schedule ended on the 20th September but after that, we sailed with a few special groups. As soon as the weather gets better the plan is to take a group of children from the local school of Húsavík across the bay…
September has brought all types of weather and some days have been too windy to go out on our scheduled trips. Other days the weather has been extremely good for this time of year and there isn’t much that can compare to watching whales in the stunning autumn colours with the snow-capped mountains as a…
Early this morning Haukur arrived in Húsavik after a visit to Reykjavík. Onboard was a crew of 6 which, despite sometimes quite rough weather conditions, all enjoyed the trip. Further details on the trip will be posted on the web shortly.
A group of five British journalists visited Húsavík last Saturday. The trip was organized by the tour operator Discover the World and the Icelandic Tourist Board. The itinerary included some of the famous sites of the North, e.g. Lake Myvatn, Whale Watching, Whale Museum, but also some lesser know attractions e.g. berry picking, wine and…
As from today North Sailings schedule changes to 1 tour per day at 13:30, and this will continue until the end of the season on the 20th September. The autumn as started to settle here in the north with the beautiful autumn colours appearing and snow-capped mountains offering a magnificent backdrop to the whale watching…
Skjálfandi Bay seems to be a popular place for the humpbacks thouse days as they´re still around and have been seen in North Sailing tours both yesterday and today. In our 13:30 tour today the a humpback breched compleatly out of the water… an amazing sight for all nature lovers. The pictures below are taken…
After a few days of windy weather North Sailing boats could finally sail out again yesterday and the bay seems to be full of life, much more so than normally at this time of the year. Today our trips spotted a humpback, a minke whale, dolphins and even saw the glimpse of harbour porpoises… a…
Even though the fin whale that our boats spotted on Friday didn’t stay with us for long, the humpbacks have returned had have been seen in many of North Sailing’s tours this weekend and today, to the enjoyment of our passengers. The weather has also added to the experience and with clear skies and warm…
Just now North Sailing crew onboard m/b Knörrinn spotted a fin whale on the bay to much joy of the 34 passengers sailing with Captain Hrólfur Þórhallsson. Fin whales are the world’s second largest animals after the blue whales, and can weigh up to 80 tons and measure up to 25 meters in length. The…
North Sailing’s tour, ‘NS2 – Whales, Puffins and Sails’ has been a real susses this summer and with doubled departures from last year many more have gotten the chance to enjoy sailing on Haukur, Iceland’s only schooner. ‘NS2’ also seems to appeal more to Icelanders than the standard whale watching tour and we look forward…
Michael Tetley, a British marine biologist that specialises in minke whales visited Husavik for 2 weeks this summer, conducting research on the minke whales. The research is in cooperation with the Húsavík Whale Museum which frequently gets scientists from all over the world volunteering to work at the Museum. Within the very short time Michael…
Last night the Blue Whales returned to the bay to much joy of around 40 passengers travelling with North Sailing boats, in the beautiful midnight sun. The bay has been full of live in the past few days and our crew has spotted at least four minke whales and large schools of dolphins, up to…
During the last two days winds have been high in Husavik and Skjalfandi bay and as a result we haven’t been able to go out whale watching. To make the most of the time the on-duty crew was sent on a rescue drill which Hrólfur Þórhallsson, North Sailing’s most experienced captain, lead. The wind is…
North Sailing’s tour ‘Whales, Puffins & Sails’ has been very popular among tourists in Husavik this summer. This summer the departures are twice as many as last summer, daily at 09:30 and 17:00. As the name indicates, the tour offers a combination of whale & bird watching and sailing on Iceland’s only schooner. This tour…
