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Tag: exploration

Local / News / Tourism

Agnes Árnadóttir awarded Wista Leadership Award by Prime Minister of Norway

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 - by Orly Orlyson

Húsavík’s Agnes Árnadottir was awarded the Wista Norway Leadership Award by the Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg yesterday. Agnes is the Co-founder and CEO of Brim Explorer, a company …

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Local / News

World Explorers Awarded at Húsavík Explorers Festival

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 - by Húsavík Observer

HÚSAVÍK, Iceland – The sixth annual Leif Erikson Exploration Awards, hosted by the Exploration Museum, recognized Canadian explorer George Kourounis, and Americans Ulyana Horodyskyj and Jeff Blumenfeld this weekend. Also …

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Local / Museums

Fearless Females opens at the Exploration Museum

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 - by Sam Finley

The Exploration Museum has opened its newest exhibition for the summer, titled “Fearless Females”. This brand new exhibit has been under construction for the last few weeks, and had its …

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Local / Museums

British volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer awarded Leif Erikson award in Húsavík

September 24, 2018April 23, 2019 - by Húsavík Observer - Leave a Comment

The Exploration Museum in Húsavík has awarded three scientists and explorers with the Leif Erikson award. The awards were presented this weekend at the 2018 Explorers Festival. British volcanologist Clive …

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Local / Museums

Mountaineer Edurne Pasaban awarded Leif Erikson Exploration Award

September 23, 2017April 23, 2019 - by Húsavík Observer

As the first woman to climb all the 14 eight-thousander peaks, Spanish mountaineer Edurne Pasaban has been awarded the 2017 Leif Erikson Exploration Award during the Explorers Festival in Húsavík …

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Local / Museums

Moonwalker breaks ground for museum expansion

July 1, 2017 - by Jóhanna Ásdís - Leave a Comment

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, who in 1972 became the youngest man to walk on the Moon, broke ground for a new  wing of the Exploration Museum today. Charlie Duke …

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Local / World

American astronaut, modern Norwegian vikings and Indian twin climbers win exploration awards

October 22, 2016April 23, 2019 - by Húsavík Observer

American explorer Scott Parazynski was awarded the Leif Erikson Exploration Award earlier this evening during the final night of the Explorers Festival in Húsavík. As a veteran of five Space …

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Local / Travel

South African paddlers end journey in Húsavík

August 28, 2011 - by Örlygur Hnefill - Leave a Comment

Riaan Manser and Dan Skinstad from South Africa have paddled around Iceland in a double kayak, the expedition beginning in March 2011, and are now about to end where they …

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