Elding's research team
Where is the whale?
When you study wild populations there is generally two main simple questions that need to be answered: - How many animals in the...
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Research news and updates
Elding's research team
- Jul 28
How scars tell the story of our whales
If you’ve been onboard Elding’s tours or followed our blog you know that our research team does its best to identify every whale and...
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Elding's research team
- Jun 11
Faxaflói’s humpback whales in 2021: who did we see?
One of the species we often encounter on our tours is the humpback whale. These beautiful whales show a great diversity of behaviours and...
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Elding's research team
- May 25
How likely is it to see a whale or dolphin?
Besides the fun of an Icelandic adventure out on the water, most people who come on a whale-watching tour have one obvious goal in mind:...
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Elding's research team
- Mar 24
A visit to Reykjavík by the world’s second largest animal: the fin whale
With the arrival of capelin, we have been seeing a rich diversity and abundance of cetaceans in Faxaflói over the past couple of weeks....
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Elding's research team
- Jan 12
Same minke whale, different identifiable markings
The minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is one of the most abundant baleen whales in the world, and yet due to their shy nature and...
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- Dec 6, 2021
Winter: the time to catch up on research!
Photo credit: Megan Whittaker and Dorota Chrostek Days are getting shorter, the air is getting colder, and the sea is getting wilder....
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Elding's research team
- Nov 4, 2021
Socialising in feeding grounds?
The humpback whales we see in Faxaflói are generally solitary: they come here to feed, and socialising is not very high on their agenda -...
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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....
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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Elding's research team
- 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...
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