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9. May 2007
Cameras instead Harpoons
On May 8th 2007, eco-acitivist Bernhard Bechter and his team visited the Whale Museum. The 39 year-old Austrian has planned to cycle around Iceland, pulling a coffin painted with the Icelandic flag, to seek the dialog on the contradiction of whale watching and commercial whaling in Iceland. While violating the Icelandic law with his attempt, he was stopped by the police immediately and forced to cover the Icelandic flag with a tape. After long talks with some important advice on Icelandic customs and the necessary changes to the coffin, the tour could finally begin on the 10th of May 2007. Start and ending point of the tour: Husavik. The message: pointing out the importance of whales and whale watching to the Icelandic economy and the rather unprofitable and image damaging commercial whaling activities. "Whaling will destroy the very successful whale watching business in the long run", he says. The end of the tour will be on May 31st, 2007, which is the day of the annual meeting of the IWC (International Whaling Commission) in Anchorage, Alaska. Bernhard Bechter and his team's greatest hope is that Iceland stops the commercial hunt of these magnificent creatures once again.
Bernhards anti-whaling campaign is supported by three organisations:Globalance (Austria), Ocean Care (Switzerland), WDCS (Germany)
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26. February 2011
Entrance Fees for 2011
Entrance Fees 2011:
Adults: 1.250 ISK
Children (6-14 years): 500 ISK
Senior Citizens (from 65 years): 900 ISK
Groups (+10): Adults: 900 ISK, children: 400 ISK
22. December 2010
2010 - A Year of Renovation at the Whale Museum
In the spring the entrance was moved to a restored area in the eastern part of the museum which now hosts the tourist information centre for Húsavík, together with the museum´s store.
24. May 2010
Humpback whale from Skjálfandi Bay photographed off Africa
It is still quite early in the season but the museum’s researchers have already been out on the whale watching boats several times to collect data and take pictures of whales that have been sighted during the trips.
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