Research news and updates

The humpback whales we see in Faxaflói are generally solitary: they come here to feed, and socialising is not very high on their agenda -...

One of the easiest species to identify is the Humpback whale. With their unique fluke patterns, they are often easily identifiable from...

On our whale watching tour on Sunday, September 6th, we had the chance to witness a behaviour that is still unclear to researchers and...

We've been back on the water for the last two weeks, and the comeback couldn't have been more thrilling, even in our wildest dreams. As...

Summer time is a wonderful period to observe nature in its maximum splendour. At Elding, we are 'the whale watching pioneers' in...

When is the best time of the year to see whales? Well, research gives us an idea, but in the end it is up to the whales, living freely in...

Recently we finished our contest “Name a Whale Day 2020”, where we were looking for ideas how to name three humpback whales. The winners...

When is the best time to see whales? This is a frequently asked question done by our passengers when they are coming on board....

New additions to our humpback whale catalogue were added on 25 February 2020. They were the first two humpback whales of the year and...

"It's that time of the year again when the whales that migrated to their breeding grounds over winter to the warmer, sub-tropical waters,...

There are over 30,000 white-beaked dolphins in and around Icelandic waters and they are resident here. This means they stay in the same...

Minke whales were our most frequently sighted species in the summer of 2019. By using the simple, non-invasive method of...

Orcas / killer whales are toothed whales that actually belong in the oceanic dolphin family. The species is not too common in the...

A little insight on what we are working on with our Minke whales… Currently we are working together with our MSc student Eline from the...

"It seems like the humpback whales are slowly beginning their migration into the more tropical waters! In the past week, we have...

Since our tagging expeditions earlier this month in collaboration and under the expert leadership of Marine Biologist Jacob Levenson, we...

We have been collecting data on the diversity, distribution, abundance and site fidelity of minke whales and humpback whales in the...

White-beaked dolphins have been a focus species of our research since 2007, just like the humpback whales and minke whales. We mainly...

On 23 July 2018, for the first time in Elding's history, we came up on a north atlantic right whale - one of the most endangered of all...

Two blue whales were encountered from Reykjavík on Iceland's National Day, 17 June 2019! This is the first time in Elding's 19 year...