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Report from Elding: This tour started with some rain but it very quickly cleared up leaving us with enough clear sky to watch much of the sun as it set this evening. The landscape was breathtaking and constantly changing as the sunset caused the lighting o
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Report from Elding: We went out on a beautiful summer evening as the weather had improved from this morning, so we were excited. On earlier tours the crew on Elding had seen a lot of activity far out into the bay so we decided to head straight out. On our
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Report from Elding: The midnight sun tour did not disappoint as we saw the beautiful sun setting behind Snæfellsjökull and a warm northeasterly wind. The sea conditions on the way out was also good but it picked up on the way home. Once we got close to our
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Report from Elding: We headed out under the glare of the midnight sun and as soon as we came out of the harbour we were greeted by a huge flock of birds. There were birds every way we looked but the minke whales were feeling extra sneaky so we didn't spot
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Report from Elding: We headed out sailing west in a little bit of wind and swells on this midnight tour. After 30 minutes of sailing we had our first encounter with cetaceans. A single harbour porpoise joined us and bow-rided us for a
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Report from Hafsúlan: The wind was higher than earlier in the day but the sea was still very calm as we sailed this evening. This was a very quick starting tour with just 20 minutes sailing gone before we sighted our first minke whale
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Report from Hafsúlan: I was a expecting a beautiful evening as we steamed out in to the bay but my expectations were blown away. Cracking a few jokes we sailed leisurely looking out for cetaceans. We didn´t have to go very far before spotting three
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Report from Hafsulan: As expected from such a day, we had a wonderful weather for the midnight tour ! With no wind to bite us, no swells to shake us and no cold temperatures to freeze us we set sail in relaxed conditions and high spirits. It was not long b
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Report from Elding: We were barely out of the harbour when we spotted the first minke whale, in that area there were two minkes one close to the boat and another keeping its distance. After staying for a long time with the minkes we d
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Report from Elding: Smooth sailing all evening made for a relaxing journey. Of course the whales and dolphins were in full force as well this evening! It took some time to find them, around 50 minutes of sailing before we saw in the distance a sign of 
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Report from Elding: The wind from the afternoon had decreased a little bit and the swells hit us from the northwest. But that didn´t stop us from sailing out on the midnight tour. A partly cloudy sky showed us the midnight sun from time to time. We decided
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Report from Hafsúlan: Today our captain decided to head further south than usual, passing between Akurey and the Seltjarnarnes peninsula. This was a great decision because we encountered a pod of white-beaked dolphins, 4 individuals, after only 2
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Report from Elding: A flat sea and weak winds gave us the best conditions of spotting some whales on this midnight tour. The sun also peaked through the clouds from time to time, giving us a beautiful scenery around us. We sailed straight out for half an h
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Report from Elding: Half of the sky was covered in clouds when we left, but the sun was right behind them, ready to emerge at anytime. After a quiet sailing to the main whale area, we noticed splashes far away, 2 kilometers away. The animal responsible of
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Report from Hafsúlan: We went our way full of hope, since the day has been very successful so far. Nothing could have prepared us for the amazing tour that was coming ! At first we went quite far away to try to find cetaceans. The trip was smooth, there wa
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Report from Elding: The sun was setting slowly in sky as we made our way out on to the beautiful bay. The sea was flat and we had birds all around us. The first species that we spotted was a pod of white beaked dolphins with
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Report from Elding: We left Reykjavik under a quite covered sky but we were heading toward rays of light piercing through the clouds, a landscape offering us a splendid contrast between a dark sea and clear sky colors. We had to go out far away to find spe
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Report from Elding: Conditions were perfect this evening as we sailed out from Reykjavik harbour and onto Faxa bay. Quite soon we spotted the first cetaceans of the tour which were some Harbour porpoises. We caught a quick glimps
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Report from Elding: The weather and sea conditions were absolutely perfect for whale spotting this evening. Soon after we left the harbor we got news from another whale watching boat that they had seen two humpback whale
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Report from Elding: On the midnight tour we wasted no time in the beginning, headed straight in the direction of the last location of the humpback whales seen on the 5 pm tour. We searched the location for almost an hour without any luck of finding the two
