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North Sailing is a leading company in tourism and Icelandic coastal culture and was the first company in Iceland to organise and offer regular whale......
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North Sailing is a leading company in tourism and Icelandic coastal culture and was the first company in Iceland to organise and offer regular whale watching tours. With the focus on whale watching North Sailing has branched out and runs restaurant Gamli Baukur and Café Skuld, both situated in the harbour area.North Sailing owns and operates six traditional Icelandic oak boats which are environmentally friendly and moreover preserve national heritage that otherwise would be lost.North Sailing aims to enable visitors to experience the marvellous nature at the edge of the arctic for times to come.The schooners of North Sailing are descendants of the first decked sailing vessels in north Iceland in the 19th century. The knowledge and know-how of handling and maintaining gaff rigged ships had been all but lost in Iceland. The schooners of North Sailing are now the only active vessels of its kind along Icelandic shores.North Sailing has made an effort to rekindle relations with sailors of other North Atlantic nations. Húsavík has now become a destination port for sailing vessels exploring subarctic waters. Among them are the majestic gaff rigged ships Dagmar Aaen, owned by Arved Fuchs and the Greenland explorer Activ.
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