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,…
Details11.07.2012 Today me and captain Gylfi went out on Garðar at 10 o’clock and at 13:30. Both of the tours were very successful and the weather was amazing, calm and sunny. In the first tour it didn’t take long until we spotted some White beak dolphins. Later we found four nice Humpback whales in the…
DetailsWe went out at 10:00 this morning with a big group of british tourists from a cruiseship that has been in Akureyri today and the tour started off really well! I had just finished my introduction speech, when captain Hrólfur told me that he had seen a blow, just a few minutes after we had…
DetailsThe 10 o’clock tour started very well, not even 10 minutes sailing out of the harbour we saw a Humpback whale which was feeding. Slowly swimming right under the surface and coming up the breath regularly, giving us a wonderful view of the dorsal fin and long white flippers. After spending some time with this…
DetailsIt 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…
DetailsToday Garðar went out on two trips and these two were no exception from last week! A bay full of humpbacks that were feeding and some of them even breaching and lop tailing. The crew felt as we were barely out of the harbor when we found the first humpback and after that it was…
DetailsBoth our trips on Garðar today were very successful. First we saw around 5 Humpback whales feeding in the middle of the bay and later we found two Minke whales, also feeding and one of them was quite curious and came really close to the boat. On the way home we found one Humpback laying…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsYet another amazing whale watching day. 6 species altogether including two the largest of them all, the blue whale and the fin whale. Those two species were though not seen on all the tours but humpbacks were definitely playing the main role today. Up to 15 different humpbacks in a relatively small area, some of them…
DetailsThe days are just magnificent! I have done now one trip today, and had an excellent encounter with Humpback Whales and Minke Whales. I had the privilege to sail with Silja as 2nd Guide and we had a great discussion and shared opinions and experience. This is becoming more and more frequent, two Guides going on…
DetailsToday was just an ordinary day. The weather was a little gray this morning and a little drizzle when we headed out, but Whale wise it was just great, Humpbacks, Minkes and Dolphins and all very close to us. The afternoon trip was just about the same, only a little sunnier. So nothing to complain…
DetailsMark 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…
DetailsConditions for whale watching were good this morning though the sun was not shining. After about half an hour we found a humpback whale that was really calm and lifted the fluke every time it went down for a deep-dive. Next we spotted another humpback this one did not lift the fluke for us until…
DetailsToday, 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…
DetailsWe still have very good whale watching condtitions here in Skjálfandi Bay and today was no exception: The sea was calm, the sun was shining and we have been very successful with the whales. We left the harbour at 10:00 onboard “Garðar” and once more the well-known whale expert and friend of North Sailing, Mark…
DetailsWhale 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…
DetailsTonight I had the pleasure to sail the evening tour together with captain Már onboard “Bjössi Sör”. It didn’t take us long until we found a nice group of white-beaked dolphins, just 15 minutes after we had left the harbor. We stayed with the dolphins for a while until we decided to sail further west,…
DetailsWe went out in beautiful weather conditions this morning onboard our biggest boat “Garðar” and set the course north-west, into an area where we had seen some whale during the last couple of days. To make it short: It was an amazing tour!!! In total we spotted a big number of minke whales (probably around…
DetailsAnother wonderful day in Husavik, lots of sun, beautiful mountains and lots of wildlife. We saw big groups of puffins, arctic terns and fulmars, all close to 2 blue whales feeding north from Husavik. On the way we lingered with humpback whales, who were close to the boat and showing their beautiful flukes high above…
DetailsToday we have seen a lot of different whales and white-beaked dolphins. On one tour we headed out the harbour and we immediately encountered 2 humpback whales, very close by the cliffs. After some time with them we crossed the bay and saw a minke whale on the way to the “fish rock” laying West…
DetailsToday we were privileged to see five blue whales, some where close to the mountains, some close to Sandur, the beautiful black beach located at the Southern part of Skjálfandi Bay. The sea was like a mirror and the sighting conditions perfect. We spotted the first blow, which can reach up to 20 meters,…
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