Discovery zone

Vitor asked us a great question if we knew about any books on Icelandic aquatic fauna that would help someone understand the importance of fish research. So we compiled a list! (With a thank you to Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson who kindly sent us his recommendations).    Most of these books are in Icelandic but we […]

While research on Arctic charr (“bleikja”) in Thingvallavatn has been going on for decades (and the earliest studies even going back to the early 1900s!), a lot of knowledge on their behaviour is unknown. This is because getting information on fish behaviour in their natural environment is very hard. It is way easier to get […]

Translated into Icelandic by Inga Birna Pálsdóttir. Í dag fögnum við öllu því fólki sem kennir okkur og börnunum okkar á náttúruna sem við búum í. Það er einstök gjöf að hafa einhvern í lífi sínu sem eyðir tíma með þér í náttúrunni og vekur áhuga þinn á henni. Hjá mér var það afi minn […]

Today we celebrate all the people that teach us and our kids about the nature we all live in. Having someone in your life that takes you into nature and gets you excited about it is a wonderful gift! For me it was my grandpa that took me with him whenever he went to work […]