Schooner Opal home in Husavik
It was a glorious day in Húsavik today when Schooner Opal sailed into the bay after a 18 day long jorney from Ebeltoft in Denmark, via Scotland and the Faroe Islands. More pictures and stories to follow soon…
Details3 species
Today we went out both at 10:00 and 13:30. In the morning tour we spotted a minke whale close to the mountains and in the afternoon there were dolphins and harbour porpoises in addition to the minke whale. Quite much life in the bay and hopefully this is a sign of more whales coming…
DetailsSnowy Skjálfandi
Today was freezing cold but we decided to try our luck anyway. In the beginning of the tour, it seemed to be clearing up, we could even see the sun for a while. We headed across the bay towards the mountains but when we got there, it had begun snowing again! So unfortunately there were…
DetailsTours cancelled due to weather 9. – 11. April
April 9. – 11. we had northerly winds blowing, preventing us from going whale watching.
Blue whale & dolphins!
Today was beautiful, but still very cold with air temperature around 0°C. We sailed out from the harbour and it wasn´t long until we met some White beaked dolphins. After playing with them for a while, we headed further west, towards the mountains where the minke whale had been yesterday. However, there was no sign…
DetailsSchooner Opal heading home
Opal, the latest addition to North Sailing´s fleet, is currently on its way towards its new home port of Húsavík. The ship and the North Sailing team, together with some of Opals‘ previous owners and crew have just left the Caledonian Canal in Scotland heading north the sound of Mull, towards Isle of Skye…
DetailsMy first Minke in 2013
Today was my first tour since last summer and it was refreshing sailing out on Bjössi Sör together with captain Hrólfur and close to 30 passengers. The weather conditions were good, slow southerly winds, quite flat sea and the sun was trying it´s best to break through the clouds. The air temperature was not high,…
DetailsRestaurant Gamli Baukur
Restaurant Gamli Baukur has opened its door for the summer with a new menu. The restaurant is open every day from 11:30 – 20:00. At Gamli Baukur we serve only local food. Our aim is to offer food of the highest quality but the lowest food mile possible. All our ingredients, meat, fish and…
DetailsNorth Sailing – Season 18
The first tour of the season from Húsavík was today and it was no dull season start! Quite the opposite! 🙂 There´s always much excitment within the North Sailing team when embarking on the first tour of the season since we never know if the whales know the season really has started! 🙂 Our…
DetailsA great start to the season
The whale watching season started on a beautiful day today. Captain Hrólfur and his crew on MV Bjössi Sör, had already spotted the blows of bigger whales from ashore, yesterday. The tour was a success, two Blue Whales where observed playing around in the in the southern breeze in Skjálfandi Bay. From the 1st…
DetailsOPAL – new and larger schooner in the North Sailing fleet
Schooner Opal is the most recent addition to North Sailing´s fleet. Built at the Bodenwerft in Damgarten, Germany in 1952, she served as a trawler in the Baltic- and North Sea and in the Barents Sea. In 1973 new owners started her restoration. During 8 years until 1981, Opal was converted to…
DetailsWhale Watching from Akureyri Friday 8 February at 13:00
Dear Whale lovers! North Sailing will be offering Whale Watching tour from Torfunesbryggja in Akureyri this Friday 8 February at 13:00. We hope to be able to offer Whale Watching tours also over the weekend but that will depend on how the tour on Friday goes. Looking forward to seeing you on…
DetailsAkureyri Whale Watching scheduled to start again Friday February 1st.
Akureyri Whale Watching scheduled to start again Friday February 1st. North Sailing regrets having to cancel all scheduled whale watching tours January 21-31. We expect to start our Akureyri whale watching tours again from February 1st at 13:00 daily. For bookings and further information, please send us an e-mail (info@northsailing.is) or give us…
DetailsVilborg has reached the South Pole!
A long awaited moment for Vilborg Arna happened yesterday when she reached the South Pole! She is the first Icelander to take on this amazing journey alone, a total of 1140 km in 60 days. She claims that the feeling is unreal and it will take her some time to realize her achievment. She is…
DetailsVilborg about to reach the South Pole
We bring you more news from the South Pole where our friend and colleague Vilborg Arna takes on the last kilometres to attain her goal. She estimates that it will only take her two more days. The journey has taken her 58 days so far; five days ago she had reached 1000 km and a…
DetailsNew Year Greeting with Summary for 2012
We at North Sailing are very happy with yet another fantastic whale watching year in Húsavík, Ólafsfjörður and Akureyri not to mention our wonderful expeditions in Greenland. We are grateful for all the passengers we have had the pleasure to serve on board our boats this year, and we are already looking forward to the…
Details27 successful whale watching tours in Akureyri
This is the first winter North Sailing offers whale watching tours from Akureyri. So far we have finished 27 successful tours sailing in the beautiful and sheltered fjord called Eyjafjörður and returned to Torfunes harbour in the centre of Akureyri with happy passengers who have enjoyed the sight of some remarkable humpbacks feeding in the…
DetailsSupporting Vilborg to the South Pole
Like many Icelanders North Sailing follows in awe as Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir takes on the South Pole. Her journey started on 20 November and she estimates that it will take her 50 days to reach the Pole. This is in fact her second expedition this year, but last spring Vilborg crossed the Greenland glacier. …
DetailsHumpbacks on every tour
This last week has been really good in our whale watching tours from Akureyri. Humpbacks on every tour, usually from 6-8 different individuals. Please remember that our daily tours depart 13:00 every day basically from the towns center, Torfunesbryggjan. For further information click here.
Wonderful humpback whales near Akureyri
Winter whale watching with North Sailing from Akureyri is turning out to be a wonderful adventure as many humpback whales seem to be feeding in Eyjafjörður, close to Akureyri. Usually up to 10 humpbacks in each tour and minke whales and dolphins have also been spotted on some of them.