A chef in the North Atlantic for more than four decades, it’s Icelander Finnbogi Kristinsson’s job to lift spirits, keep his crew healthy, and step in whenever a problem arises. As part of an online interactive, Al Jazeera turned to Finnbogi Kristinsson, our long-term chef in the Greenland expeditions. Read the interview. …
DetailsFor the second continuous summer, North Sailing has facilitated a voyage to the remote island of Jan Mayen. Led by faculty and graduate students at the University of St Andrews, North Sailing’s expedition ship The Donna Wood set sails June 5 to study the behavior of Northern Bottlenose whales. Just as on regular…
DetailsWe have been very lucky with the whales here in Skjálfandi Bay during the last couple of weeks and today was no exception: Even though it was a bit rainy and windy today we managed to find a lot of humpback whales on all our trips today. On some trips also got to see several…
DetailsWhen Iceland won England in the European Championship, North Sailing lost 23 tickets whale watching. A day before the match Guðbjartur Jónsson, North Sailing’s manager, said he would invite the entire English team “to lick their wounds” on a whale watching day-tour. The Guardian published the “polite offer”, so we only assume Rooney and…
DetailsThe weather today was not really good but that did not scare the whales! Indeed, we had a very nice show, the morning tours were very successful: many humpack whales, minke whales and white beaked dolphins and two blue whales. The bay was crowded! This afternoon, weather conditions became harder but we were lucky to…
DetailsHello! Today was really good when it came to the whales. We saw several humpbacks whales and some minkie whales. It was very misty today and a bit rainy but we didn´t let that stop us from enjoying the show and the tour! Also, there were alot of birds around us and plenty of leftovers…
DetailsGóðan daginn! (Good morning) Today has been really nice. The sea was very calm & and we had several humpback whales around us at one point and there were some white beaked dolphins honouring us with their presence as well. We´ve been going alot for the last days towards the mountains in the south and…
DetailsWe have been really lucky with the weather these last weeks, so we are not used to foggy days and it took us by surprise. When were coming back to Húsavík after the first and really successful tour, the fog just caught us. It made the day a little bit colder then we were…
DetailsSummer solstice presented itself with perfect conditions. It was a warm, mainly sunny day, almost no wind – and consequently we had perfect conditions for our whale watching tours. The visibility was excellent, so we had no difficulties in finding the animals. Obviously the bay is still offering a lot of food for the cetaceans,…
DetailsQuite a crazy day today! Not only were we lucky enough to see our most frequent swimmers, the humpback whales, but we were visited by the most gigantic animal that ever was on our planet: The Blue Whales!!!Dolphins joined in the mix later making this day very very special. And when the humpback whales started…
DetailsWe have been incredibly lucky with the weather and the whales during the last couple of weeks and today was no exception! On our morning tour on “Garðar” we managed to spot 5 different species of cetaceans, something that does not happen very often during the season. It started with a humpback whale just…
DetailsWe have had two amazing whale watching tours on our biggest vessel “Garðar” today: In the morning we set the course in the direction of the mountains in the western part of the bay, where most of the whales had been seen the last couple of days. But in the middle of the bay…
DetailsGood afternoon! Today was a blast. This morning we had just began sailing out to Skjálfandi Bay when we noticed something black on the surface. I had just began explaining the clock system when a passenger shouted ,,One o´clock! One o´clock!” At first we thought is was a wood or something but then we…
DetailsIt´s hard not to smile after a day like this. The sun was shining while the wind gently honored us with it´s presence. Not only did we get nice weather, we witnessed several humpbacks in one area, at one point there were at least ten of them around us! Wow. The whales were feeding very…
DetailsDue to harbour maintainance, some delays might occur today, monday the 13th of June. The maintainance is mainly to deepen the area close to and beneath the harbour where North Sailing has it´s vessels. All tours will sail but from the south side of the harbour. More information will be available in the Ticket Centre.…
DetailsToday was amazing, we saw four species; Humpback whales, Minke whales, Harbour propises and White beaked dolphins. One Humpback decided to put on a special show for us, we started seeing him breaching in the distance and then we got closer, he breached with his whole body a few times and then did a little…
DetailsThe day started with the sun shining and no clouds visible! but we are in Iceland so some clouds and a fog started to show up after lunch. Today wasn’t any diffrent than in the past week and we saw three species today. Started with some Humpback and Minke whales, those guys were definetly enjoying…
DetailsToday was a little bit foggy here at the bay, but that didn’t stop us from meeting up with our great giant friends, the fog just made everything a little mystical and magical. We came to the west side of the bay and bumped into around 8 humpback whales enjoying a big sushi buffet and…
DetailsIn the beginning of every tour we remind our passengers that we’re heading into the wild nature, meaning that there’s no guarantee for any sightings or activity. However, today it wasn’t necessary to keep expectations on a low level. None of us was expecting the incredible show that was awaiting us in the western part…
DetailsToday was awesome! The minkes and the humpbacks where at their usual spot around the mountains. They have been there now for some days. There is still alot of food close to the mountains so they are really busy and don’t dive for long. Then we got news about a blue whale in the bay.…
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