Whale Museum Team Inspects Dead Humpback near Grenivík

Staff from the Húsavík Whale Museum traveled this week to examine a humpback whale that washed ashore near Áshól, just south of Grenivík. The 10-meter-long female was first spotted stuck on a shoal before drifting closer to land at high tide. Local farmer and guesthouse operator Anna Bára Bergvinsdóttir …

Húsavík Whale Museum reopened with new Blue Whale Exhibition

The Húsavík Whale Museum was reopened earlier this week after being closed most of this winter for renovation and installation of a new exhibit. The highlight of the reopening celebration was the unveiling of the newest exhibit, a Blue Whale skeleton. In 2010, the Blue Whale was found beached …