Icelandic Seal Center
We would like to thank the great response to our Secret Word Game last week. A total of 54 people took part and we decided to draw 4 winners instead of 3 due to the good participation.
The following winners now have 6.000 kr. credit in the Seal Center store.
If anyone has yet to try the game and wants to give it a try, it will remain at the museum at least until next week.
According to tradition, the Great Seal Count takes place on the last Sunday in July, i.e. on July 27th. Everyone is welcome to help with the count. More information about how the count is carried out can be found here.
Please register your participation by sending an email to selasetur@selasetur.is no later than Thursday, July 24th.
There have been many whales in Miðfjörður-bay in recent weeks and it is fun to watch all the life in the sea outside the Seal Center. Last night there were a few humpback whales swimming very close to land which was amazing to watch.
Last week, an LTT2 (Learning, Teaching, Training) event took place in Turkey in connection with the Erasmus+ project Climate Challenge Adventure, which is managed by the Seal Center. The host school was Bilnet School in Balikesir, a city of over 300,000 people in western Turkey.
All project partners met there, and students and teachers from Iceland, Denmark, and Turkey came together to test innovative ways to address climate change and promote sustainability through game-based education, digital storytelling, and environmentally friendly practices.
The event was a great success and it was great to experience Turkish culture and hospitality. Part of the trip was a stop in Istanbul, which is an amazing city, both in terms of size and history.
Next on the project agenda are small local events for all project partners to be held in late May and early June. The next LTT event will be in Hvammstangi in mid-September.
Notice from the Icelandic Seal Center. The ISC has hired Örvar Birkir Eiríksson as managing director as of the beginning of the year.
Örvar is born in 1976 and grew up in Syðri-Vellir in Kirkjuhvammshreppur in Vestur-Húnavatns county. He has been a frequent visitor to the homestead through the years, where his parents still live. Örvar, therefore, has a great and strong connection with the community in Húnaþing vestra.
Örvar has a Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Iceland and also studied for an MA in the same subject and a diploma in marketing and export studies. Most recently, he completed his M.Ed. degree in teaching social studies from the University of Iceland. Örvar is married to Erla Björgvinsdóttir, a developmental therapist, and they have a total of five children.
Örvar worked i.a. for about 7 years in Viðey in cultural tourism and for 9 years as a store manager in an international retail chain. In recent years he has worked as a teacher.
The board of ICS welcomes Örvar to work and looks forward to working with him. At the same time, the board thanks Páll L Sigurðsson very much for his cooperation and work well done and wishes him all the best in the future.
Gunnlaugur Ragnarsson
Chairman of the Board ISC