Icelandic Seal Center
The Icelandic Seal Center, in coordination with the University Center of the Westfjords, Hólar University, and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, would like to announce the Master of Resource Management thesis defense of Cécile Chauvat. Her presentation is titled, Visitors in the Land of Seals, and will be streamed live on YouTube on 5 May at 13:00 here: https://bit.ly/2YlD7Ns.
A new scientific paper titled “Fluorine Mass Balance and Suspect Screening in Marine Mammals from the Northern Hemisphere” was recently published in the scientific journal Environmental Science and Technology. The project is an international cooperation between several research institutions and one of the 14 authors of the paper is Sandra M. Granquist, who is head of our Seal Research department and a specialist at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute. You can find the paper here:
On January 16 in the Seal Center, Dr. Vilhelm Vilhelmsson will be presenting a talk about the importance of seal hunting in the region of Húnaflói from the 17th century to 20th century. The presentation will be in Icelandic.
Einar Þórleifsson, a member of the Seal Center staff, will hold a presentation about the birds found in Icelandic gardens, including information about what plants can attract various birds, what and how to feed the birds, and what kinds of bird houses work well.