Húsavík Research Centre hosted a partner meeting for all partners of The Wild North in Húsavík Iceland on the 9th and 10th of December. The 25 meeting participants were from research institutions, tourism companies and official entities in Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands and Greenland. Special guests were Fredrik Christiansen biologist, who introduces results from his research of the effect of whale watching tourism on bottle nosed dolphins at the south coast of Zanzibar and Deborah Benham from Wild at Heart Eco Holidays in Scotland, who is a special consultant for The Wild North project.
At the meeting the project outline and aims of The Wild North were discussed and a management board selected to work further with the concept and prepare international funding applications. The management board members are:
- Hrafnhildur Ýr Víglundsdóttir from the Icelandic Seal Center who is also the project’s manager
- Marianne Rasmussen from Húsavík Research Centre, Iceland, the project’s lead partner in the NORA area
- Per-Ivar Larsen from Spindaj, Norway
- Leivur Langgard from Samvit, Faroe Islands
- Mads Daniel Skifte from Greenland Tourism and Business Council
The group also visited the Whale museum at Húsavík and took a field trip to Lake Mývatn where they met Yule lads at Dimmuborgir, tasted delicious waffles at the Cowshed Café, took a relaxing bath in the Mývatn Nature Baths and ended with a traditional Icelandic Christmas Buffet at Sel-Hótel Mývatn.
The Wild North project would like to thank all the hosts at Húsavík and Mývatn for their warm welcome. Special thanks go to Fosshótel Húsavík, Atthing, Gamli Baukur, The Whale Museum, our guide Illugi Jón at Mývatnsstofa, Mývatn Nature Baths, Bruggsmiðjan and last but not least our fantastic driver Rúnar from Fjallasýn.
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