Research news and updates

Nov 9, 2020

2020 Humpback whale research: “Tattoo”

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

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Sep 8, 2020

Bubble Net Feeding

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

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Jul 4, 2020

Whale frenzy in Faxaflói bay!

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 w...

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Jun 8, 2020

Puffin research expedition

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

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When is the best time of year to see whales?

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May 30, 2020

When is the best time of year to see whales?

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...

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Apr 16, 2020

Why do we name whales?

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

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When is the best time of day to see whales?

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Apr 8, 2020

When is the best time of day to see whales?

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

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TWO NEW WHALES ADDED TO OUR WILDLIFE CATALOGUE

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Feb 26, 2020

TWO NEW WHALES ADDED TO OUR WILDLIFE CATALOGUE

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

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Feb 18, 2020

WHALES: RETURNING AFTER WINTER

"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,...

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Jan 23, 2020

A dolphin named 'Puzzle'!

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 a...

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Minke whale abundance: March-August 2019

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Jan 8, 2020

Minke whale abundance: March-August 2019

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

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Dec 20, 2019

MALE ORCA RE-SIGTHED IN ICELAND

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

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Nov 11, 2019

Insight to our minke whale research

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 N...

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Oct 6, 2019

WHALES: PREPARING FOR WINTER

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

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Jul 27, 2019

FOLLOWING OUR TAGGED WHALES

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

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Jul 19, 2019

GROWING OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM

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

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Jul 15, 2019

White-beaked dolphins

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

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Jun 28, 2019

RIGHT WHALE RE-SIGHTED IN FRANCE

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 l...

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Jun 19, 2019

BLUE WHALES IN THE BAY

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 histo...

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May 29, 2019

Humpback whales

Elding began its dedicated research of the three main encountered species, white-beaked dolphins, minke whales and humpback whales, in th...

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