Humpbacks and minke whales

This morning captain Hrólfur, guide Halla Marín and some 29 passengers went out on Knörrinn hoping to find whales. And whales they found!   After about a half an hour sailing west a humpback whale appeared much to the enjoyment of both passengers and crew members. A humpback whale hasn’t been seen in the bay…

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A cold but successful day

Today we had a cold wind blowing from the north and it was also a bit foggy, especially during our morning tour. But we managed to get some very close views of two minke whales in the western part of the bay, close to the mountains.   In the afternoon we were heading west again…

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Minkes still playing the main role

This morning we had some swell coming from the north, which made it a bit tricky to find the whales. But after some searching in the area where we had seen the minke whales during the last days (close to the mountains), we were finally succesful and found two minke whales.   In the afternoon…

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Two very different tours

At 10:00 this morning we went out with 24 passengers in beautiful weather with a flat calm sea. The visibility was perfect and it did not take us long until we found a minke whale. Even though the whale was often taking quite long dives, he was very calm at the surface and always came…

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A breaching Humpback whale!

When we left the harbour this morning it was still quite foggy in the bay, but after some searching we managed to find the humpback whale again, the same one that has been around now for the last two days. We got some very close looks at this whale and after a while, we left…

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The first Humpback whale of the season!

We usually have very high sighting rates on our whale watching tours and it doesn’t happen very often that there are no whales or dolphins seen on a tour. But from time to time we have trips like the one yesterday, where we were searching a huge area for almost three and a half hours…

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Humpback whale celebrates May 1st.

A humpback whale has not been spotted in Skjálfandi this season before apart from the brief visit into Húsavík harbour just before the season start… until today!   Captain Hrólfur was then, like so many previous years the first captain in the area to spot a humpback whale in Skjálfandi bay.  Passengers on Knörrinn were…

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Minke whales in beautiful weather

The weather has been very nice the last days here in Húsavík with a lot of sun and there seems to be more and more life in the bay now. During the last three days we have seen two minke whales and several harbour porpoises on every tour as well as many different kinds of…

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The season's first tour

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The season's first tour

  North Sailing’s 17th season started today when captain Hrólfur and guide Nils went out on Knörrinn with 19 passengers, mostly tourist but also locals. It was raining when we boarded, grey and cloudy when we sailed out of the harbor and a little bit sunny when we returned after more than 3 hours out…

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A humpback whale in the harbor of Husavik

It‘s very rare, even on high season to see a whale having a good time inside a port.   But today, the 30th of march, there was a humpback whale swimming inside the harbor of Husavik. Maybe he was reminding us, that North Sailing will start the whale watching season just in two days, friday…

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Construction work on Náttfari coming to an end

Those who have been following our news section on our website are aware of the reconstruction and renovation of North Sailing‘s vessel, Náttfari during the winter months.   The new railing on backboard and stern side of the boat is almost finished and the new 420 horsepower Scania engine is getting ready to be tested.…

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Researches

Each year, researches of whales are becoming a bigger part of Skjálfandi Bay   Ever since North Sailing began offering regular whale and nature watching in Skjálfandi Bay the company has striven to assist scholars and researchers, both Icelandic and foreigners, to perform various marine biology studies in the bay.   At first this was…

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Construction work on Náttfari

Our webpage’s newsmonger took a stroll to the harbor to follow up on the work done on one of North Sailing’s newest addition to the fleet, Náttfari, which has been in the shipyard the whole winter for restoration.   On deck, Guðmundur the shipbuilder was busy finishing the new railing on backboard and stern side…

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North Sailing website wins the Icelandic Web Awards

The North Sailing website, www.northsailing.is, was recently awarded the Icelandic Web Awards. The awards goes out annually, to the websites chosen each year for being excellent in their field or business. The jury consists of professionals who evaluate the candidates based on technical quality, appearance and usability.   The North Sailing website was nominated as…

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North Sailing in the finals of the Icelandic web awards 2010

The event is organized by the Iceland web industry association www.svef.is. They are a non profit organization devoted to sharing and bringing knowledge to the web industry in Iceland.   The jury is composed of professionals in the web industry and have selected various sites in different categories, as finalists for this prestigious awards and…

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North Sailing expands operations

Entering its 17th year at the forefront of whale watching in Iceland the year 2011 will be one of tremendous progress for North Sailing as plans to expand operations in North Iceland have been implemented.   Situated West of Húsavík at the mouth of Eyjafjörður fjord the quaint village of Ólafsfjörður has been chosen as…

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