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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY

We at Gentle Giants think that social responsibility is extremely important. Therefore, the company has supported the local community in several ways over the years. While we have had good cooperation with and donations to UNICEF, the local sports club Völsungur, Tónasmiðjan or the local rescue team for years now, below are some of the projects Gentle Giants has actively supported recently: Local rescue team GarðarAlready throughout the last years we have had a great cooperation with the local rescue team here in Húsavík.

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

WOOLLY SAILORS - SHEEP ADVENTURES ONBOARD AÞENA

Do you remember our story about the annual sheep round-up earlier in September? Back then, several of our crew members went to the nearby “Hraunsréttir” to help the family of one of our captains to find their sheep among thousands of sheep individuals during the annual sheep sorting.

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Saturday, November 9, 2024

PLASTIC IS NOT FUNTASTIC

The story of a summer project. While in Húsavík, chances are you visited the Whale Museum before or after having joined a whale watching tour. Besides its permanent showrooms and the impressive life-size, real whale skeletons, the museum also hosts temporary exhibitions about local projects or artwork.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

UNDERWATER AGILITY

Humpback whales are not only known for their acrobatic displays above water – especially in their breeding grounds – but even while swimming and diving beneath us these gentle giants are incredibly agile.

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Friday, November 1, 2024

WELCOME NOVEMBER

Today, 1st of November, starts our last month of whale watching for this season. Once a day at 10:15am, we will continue to head out at sea for our GG1 Whale Watching tour - in search of the gentle giants of the ocean.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

WELCOME BACK EVERO

As October is about to end, another well known humpback whale has arrived to Skjálfandi Bay. Evero, who was first sighted in September 2016 (and yearly since!), is back once again! Look at the photo taken earlier today and then the photo from October 2023 and thoroughly compare the animal's tail: humpback whales can be distinguished and identified by the iconic black and white patterns on the underside of their flukes.

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

MY TRAVEL FAMILY

Earlier this summer, Rakesh and Anjali from the Netherlands, along with their six children, joined one of our GG1 Whale Watching tours on oak boat Faldur. The family writes the travel blog My Travel Family (Instagram: @my_travelfamily) Rakesh and Anjali have always loved traveling and after their first baby was born, they continued to be a family travelling the world with kids, starting already with babies from one month old.

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

JOB APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2025

THE BLUE FAMILY Gentle Giants is very proud of its staff which unites both local and international people of all ages and various backgrounds. Still, there's at least one thing they all have in common: their passion for whales and their job, whether that's on the boats and at sea or on land.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

GOOD MORNING NATALIA!

During our whale watch season, many different humpback whale individuals come to feed in Skjálfandi Bay. Some might just pass by or stay for a few hours only. Others are around for days and sometimes even weeks - and some might actually return year over year.

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Monday, October 14, 2024

ONLINE BOOKINGS OPEN FOR 2025

While the current season is long not over and our boats still heading out for whale watching daily until the end of November, preparations for the next year have started already. For those among you who are already planning their trip to Iceland next year, it is now possible to read into our sales manual for 2025, get inspired, but even make a booking for our tours next season.

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