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…
DetailsApril 9. – 11. we had northerly winds blowing, preventing us from going whale watching.
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…
DetailsOpal, 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…
DetailsToday 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 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsSchooner 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…
DetailsDear 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. 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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsWe 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…
DetailsWe 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…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsLike 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. …
DetailsThis 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.
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.
We are very excited about our new Whale Watching tour in Akureyri but unfortunately the weather was not favourable today nor does it look like we will have decent weather enough to go tomorrow. However, Sunday November 11, looks promising so we are quite confident that we will be able to offer Whale Watching…
DetailsOn the first two tours out from Akureyri, captain Hrólfur and guide Gísli have spotted many humpback whales and also white beaked dolphins.
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