Monitoring
marine ecosystems
Intensive
course – Schedule and information
1
Friday,
August 17th
1.1
Afternoon
Planes from
Travel
directly to Akureyri
1.2
Evening
Dinner –road
shop on the way to Eyjafjörður, arrive at around 22:00 in Eyjafjörður – ca 1000 kr per student
Accommodation
will be in a summerhouse in the remote
valley of Barkárdalur. The most famous ghost in Iceland, the Deacon of Dark river
roams this area. Hidden
people, sheep and blueberries are also common there.
The
deacon of
Saturday, August 18th -
Akureyri
1.3
Morning
Breakfast in
the summerhouse
9:00 –
12:00, Lectures at University of Akureyri, Borgir
The University and the surrounding
area Hreiðar
Þór Valtýsson
The marine environment in Iceland
1.4
Afternoon
12:00 –
12:30, Light lunch in Akureyri, sandwiches
12:30 – 13:30, Lectures in Borgir
Marine fish and fisheries in
Iceland Hreiðar
Þór Valtýsson
13:30 –
17:00, Akureyri sightseeing, fish processing plant, trawler, downtown walk
17:00 –
18:30, swimming pool (closes at 18:30)
1.5
Evening
Dinner at
the summerhouse, barbeque
Accommodation
will be in the summerhouse
Akureyri
Swimming pool – Open from 7:00-21:00 on weekdays and 8:00-18:30 on weekends –
more on swimming pools in
2
Sunday,
August 19th – Mývatn
2.1
Morning
Breakfast
at the summerhouse, clean up
09:00 –
11:00, travel to Lake Mývatn, stop on the way in Goðafoss
Lake Mývatn
sightseeing, Dimmuborgir
2.2
Afternoon
Light
lunch, sandwiches
Krafla
Geothermal plant (open from 13:00-17:00)
Lake Mývatn
sightseeing continued
Swimming in
the Blue lagoon (open until
23:30) – 1400 kr
2.3
Evening
19:00 – 20:00,
dinner at Gamli bærinn (confirmed, p. 464 4270)
Travel to Húsavík, arrive around 21:00
Accommodation
in the camping place in Húsavík
Natural
beauty in Mývatn natural baths – Open from 9:00-23:30, more here. Beautiful nature in
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Monday,
August 20th - Húsavík
3.1
Morning
8:00 –
8:45, Breakfast in the bakery
heimabakaríið (confirmed, p. 464 2900)
Whale watching, boat leaves at 09:00,
three hour trip (confirmed, p. 464 7272)
3.2
Afternoon
Light lunch,
sandwiches
Lectures and look around in the Whale museum from 13:00 – 18:00
Marine mammals in Iceland Hreiðar Þór Valtýsson
Photo identification of whales Claire
Ludgate
Whale watching Níels Einarsson
3.3
Evening
Travel to
19:00 – 20:00
Dinner at Gamli bærinn (The old farm), Lectures at the same time
Lake Mývatn, geology and freshwater
ecology Arni
Einarsson.
Travel to
Akureyri and arrive there late, around 21:00
Accommodation
in Ytri Vík (confirmed, p. 899 8000)
Whale
watching from Húsavík on the left – more on http://www.northsailing.is/. The whale
museum in Húsavík on the right –more on http://www.icewhale.is/
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Tuesday,
August 21st - Eyjafjörður
4.1
Morning
Breakfast at
Ytri vík
Lectures from
09:00 – 10:30
Fish tagging Hlynur Ármansson
Introduction on the boat trips Hreiðar Þór Valtýsson
11:00 -
12:00, sightseeing Hauganes, abalone farm
4.2
Afternoon
Light lunch
on board boats
12:00 -
19:00, Underwater camera, benthic sampling, Einar í Nesi
13:00 -
17:00, Fishing trip on Níels Jónsson 13:00-17:00, tagging
4.3
Evening
Dinner at Ytri
Vík, barbequed fish
Accommodation
in Ytri Vík (2)
Hlynur
Ármannsson catching saithe for tagging on the left, the whale watching, gillnet
boat Níels Jónsson
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Wednesday,
August 22nd - Eyjafjörður
5.1
Morning
Breakfast
at Ytri Vík
Fishing
trip from Hauganes 09:00-13:00, tagging,
5.2
Afternoon
Light lunch
on board
14:00 - 15:00, Hjalteyri and look at a halibut farm (confirm 2 days
before, p. 863 1510)
16:00 - 18:00, Boat trip on Húni II, underwater camera, hydrothermal
vents.
18:00 – 19:00,
microbrewery Kaldi trip, 500 kr per person (confirmed, p. 466 2505, 867 3007)
5.3
Evening
Dinner in Ytri
Vík, mussels and barbequed fish
Accommodation
in Ytri Vík (3)
Students
in fisheries sciences at the university of Akureyri on the right, mussel
harvester Eyrún from Hrísey
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Thursday,
August 23rd - Siglufjörður
6.1
Morning
Breakfast
at Ytri vík
09:00 -
11:00, Sail to Hrísey, mussel farming, light lunch at onboard, sandwiches
11:30 -
13:00, Swimming in Dalvík
6.2
Afternoon
Light lunch
in the car, sandwiches
Travel to
Siglufjörður. start at 13:00, arrive in Siglufjörður at around 15:00
The herring museum (open from 13:00-17:00,
confirmed. P. 467 1604)
6.3
Evening
Dinner at Pizza
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Accommodation
in Siglufjordur camping place (1)
The
town of
7
Friday,
August 24th – Skagafjörður
7.1
Morning
Breakfast
(quick) at 9:00
Travel to
Sauðárkrókur where Hólar University Colllega
has facilities
7.2
Afternoon
12:00 -
13:00, Lunch in Ólafshús Sauðarkrókur
Lecture in
Sauðarkrókur from 13:00 – 16:00
Freshwater fishes and aquaculture in
Iceland Hólar
staff
Fish
biology research at Sauðarkrókur, sightseeing
7.3
Evening
Dinner at
Varmahlid
Swimming in
Thelamörk, open until 21:30
Arrive late
in Akureyri
Accommodation
will be in a guesthouse Súlur
(confirmed, p. 461 1160)
Hólar
church on the left, once the capital of
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Saturday,
August 25th - Akureyri
8.1
Morning
Sleep late.
I will be away for this entire day, Bjarni Eiríks will take care of you.
8.2
Afternoon
Lunch at
you own choice downtown
Unassigned
and possibly free time
8.3
Evening
Dinner at
your own choice downtown
The last
day of the Art summer, birthday of Akureyri, celebrations all over town
Accommodation
will be in a guesthouse Súlur
Húni
II, the last wooden boat built in Akureyri, Robbie Williams aboard Húni II
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Sunday,
August 26th - Akureyri
9.1
Morning
Sleep rather
late
Lectures at
Borgir from 11:00 - 15:00
How to count fish Hreiðar
Þór Valtýsson
Plankton and benthos, algae and
invertebrates Hreiðar Þór Valtýsson
9.2
Afternoon
Light lunch
between lectures, sandwiches
15:00 –
17:00, laboratory work
9.3
Evening
Dinner at
Friðrik the 5th (not confirmed)
Accommodation
will be in a guesthouse Súlur
Research
boat Einar í Nesi in Eyjafjörður on the left. Ccaptain Tryggvi, on the left
10 Monday, August 27th -
Akureyri
10.1 Morning
Breakfast at
the university cafeteria (1)
9:00 -
12:00, Lectures in Borgir
Marine monitoring programmes in
Iceland Hreiðar
Þór Valtýsson
Monitoring pollution Ásta Margrét Ásmundsd.
Look at
laboratories at Borgir
10.2 Afternoon
12:00 -
13:00, Lunch at the university cafeteria (1)
13:00 - 18:00,
cod in cages in Eyjafjörður , sampling benthos and plankton, Research boat
Einar í Nesi
10.3 Evening
20:00 -
23:00, Videoshow, in Café Amor, swimming with fishes, pizza Erlendur
Bogason
Accommodation
will be in guesthouse Súlur
Akureyri
in the evening
11 Tuesday, August 28th -
Akureyri
11.1 Morning
Breakfast at
the university cafeteria (2)
Laboratory
work
11.2 Afternoon
Lunch at the university cafeteria (2)
Leave for
Reykjavík (Kjölur ?)
11.3 Afternoon
Sleep at
the Youth Hostel
in Njardvik (10 min drive to the International airp.)
12 WEdnesday, August 29th -
Akureyri
12.1 Morning
Map
of the university area, north is up
Map
of Akureyri, north is up
Your
traveling in