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This is what 2014 was like
Looking back, we are very happy with the 2014 season. We had some fantastic guests onboard our Aurora Arktika and together with them we had some great adventures in Iceland, Greenland and Jan Mayen. We began the season skiing in some of the empty fjords in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, then we did a scuba diving trip, wildlife, hiking and kayaking trips in the same region. A quick trip up to Jan Mayen and back to Iceland. Then season ended in the fantastic East Greenland where we saw 6 pola
Top 11 Highlights of the Westfjords Summer Season
1. Scuba Diving In the beginning of summer we did a trip with Dive.is and some of their people. The objective of that trip was to explore some new and exciting diving spots, spots that are hard to access and have even never been dived before. Our friend Simbi caught this amazing video when they were scuba diving with razorbills and guillemots under the great bird cliffs of Hornbjarg and Hælavíkurbjarg. 2. Fishing In mid summer the waters in our region are teeming with life. Birds are eve
Highlights from the Hornstrandir ski season
Now that we are already starting to prepare for the next season, it's good to sit back and refresh some of our favorite memories from the 2014 season The wild and rough Lonafjordur is one of our favourite fjords. It has some of Hornstrandir's best ski touring terrain and many steep couloirs that have never been skied. It's always fun to ski something new, something that we've had our eyes on for years. One day in late March the weather was perfect and snow conditions ideal, so McKenna Peters
Summer in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve
Summer is over in the Westfjords of Iceland and our expedition sailboat Aurora Arktika is docked for the winter in Isafjordur after a great season in her favourite areas in the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve. This part of Iceland was settled more than a thousand years ago and people lived in harmony with nature until the last inhabitants moved away in 1952. The decades before were times of major changes in the Icelandic society, people moved from the more remote areas into the towns and it became