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Bolungarvik 66:09.4N 23:14.7W

Millybrown

Mark Hillmann

Wed 23 Jul 2008 22:07

We arrived here after motoring back across the fjord. Again we stopped the engine as we came out of Jokulfirdir and this time were rewarded by the PSHSHH of a whale blowing close inshore. We sailed towards it, but eventually it then turned out to sea astern of us. We later saw two more series of blows in separate areas and a pair of porpoises surfaced briefly within sight. The whales were blowing 3 or 4 times and then sounding for longer, but not showing their tails when they dived.

Minke whale

We motored on across here, a fishing harbour today visited the natural history museum and had a swim.

Talking to people at the museum we decided that the whales that Adam had photographed so diligently were humpbacks and the previous day's whales were minkes. The right and bowhead whales have no dorsal fin, but the humpbacks have the small one we saw. The colouring in our book is misleading, but the Icelandic books were quite clear.

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Tue 30 Sep 01:47
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Fri 29 Aug 16:56
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Sat 26 Jul 19:09
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Fri 25 Jul 14:48
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- Aedey Island 66:06N 22:39.5W
Fri 18 Jul 16:19
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Thu 17 Jul 00:09
- Sudavik 66:02.2N 22:59.2W
Mon 14 Jul 17:55
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Sat 12 Jul 12:36
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Fri 11 Jul 19:27
- Right Whales 66:10.7N 23:02W
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- Hrisey 65:58.8N 18:22.9W
Sat 5 Jul 13:34
- Flatey Island 66:09.5N 17:50.9W
Fri 4 Jul 18:30
- By Road across Iceland
Tue 1 Jul 00:00
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Jun 2008

Sun 29 Jun 23:13
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Fri 27 Jun 23:14
- Husavik 66:02.7N 17:20.9W
Thu 26 Jun 18:52
- Kopasker 66:17.9N 16:26.9W
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- Arctic Circle 66:34N 16:15.3W
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Fri 20 Jun 09:52
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Thu 19 Jun 13:09
- Wet day in the Alps
Tue 17 Jun 17:28
- Faroes to Iceland - The technical sailing bit
- Seydisfjordur 65:15.9N 13:59.7W
- Iceland - dramatic approach 65:16.7 13:33W
Mon 16 Jun 07:52
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Sun 15 Jun 07:55
- 75 miles out 62:31.7N 9:45.8W
Sat 14 Jun 12:12
- Back at Eide 62:17.9N 7:05.7W
- Ved Sjogv in Kollefjord 62:06.9N 6:54.2W
Fri 13 Jun 12:03
- Back at Torshaven 62:0.5N 6:46.3W
- Ejde on Nolsoy 62:0N 6:40.3W
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- Kvannesund 62:17.7N 6:31.4W
Tue 10 Jun 16:23
- Klakswig 62:10N 6:30.5W
Sat 7 Jun 21:55
- Fw: Eide 62:17.8N 7:05.3W
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Fri 6 Jun 22:30
- Torshaven 62:00.5N 6:46.3W
- Sandoy 61:55N 6:58W
Thu 5 Jun 22:29
- Lille Dimon 61:37.9N 6:42.5W
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Mon 2 Jun 22:29
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Sun 1 Jun 19:44
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May 2008

Mon 26 May 18:49
- Dolphins
Thu 22 May 11:17
- Arisaig
Wed 21 May 09:56
- Oban from Hill above Mooring
Mon 19 May 16:29
- Kerrera, Oban
Sun 18 May 14:55
- Puilladobhrain
Sat 17 May 16:33
- Dorus Mor
Fri 16 May 16:19
Thu 15 May 16:34
- First day - Down the Solway 54:39.54N 4:39.74W

Mar 2008

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