There are places on this planet where silence speaks louder than anything else — where ice, wind, and water hold stories older than us all. The Arctic Howl is one of those stories. This documentary follows an Ocean Missions scientific sailing expedition onboard the sailing vessel Tilvera into the Hope Spot of Svalbard — a …

The Hope Expedition – Monitoring Sensitive Arctic Coasts I North Iceland Each summer, an expedition begins into the Arctic to survey the Arctic and coastal areas around Skjalfandi Bay and Eyjafjörður in North Iceland, where huge numbers of migratory whales call home. One of the most pristine places in the world, the threat of modern …

Some collaborations feel natural — like currents meeting in open water, moving toward the same horizon. Our work with QWST is one of those. At Ocean Missions, we spend our days on Iceland’s shores and surrounding waters, removing debris, documenting pollution, and working to better understand the challenges our oceans face. It’s hands-on, often demanding …

Clear evidence shows that we are inevitably reaching the limits of the resilience of most of our oceans and seas. Despite the increase in international policies coming in place to address climate change issues and to regulate human-made impacts, the reality is that we have already reached crucial tipping points on the state of the …

We are super excited to announce some of the big news for 2024! Our recent collaboration with The Tilvera Project is one step forward towards achieving the main goals of Ocean Missions to work in ocean conservation and to engage people in ocean research and education. The Tilvera project offers purposeful expeditions and transformative voyages …

Our expeditions are always full of adventurous, bright and rebellious souls, who see the world from different points of view and always seek to know more, travel better, grow taller. This is also the case for Assistant Professor Rob Layton, who used an iPhone to film and produce a documentary about our scientific expedition around …

In 2021 we were contacted by someone with a great spirit, a great talent and, above all, a great need to change things. Florian Seltmann, a young German videographer inspired and disgusted by the unnaturalness of our artificial world, decided to turn his career around and dedicate himself to creating art that could change the …

Hope is a word connected to “change”.  A link between present and future, that leads us to a path of transformation. When we have hope: we see the possibility of change.   When we have hope: we act towards the change.  Oceans Missions and The Hope Expedition aim to change the way we relate not only …

It has been a very busy and intense winter for Ocean Missions! As our research grows and covers more content, while our steps lead us to go further into the world of marine scientific research and to open up to other entities, universities and events, there are more and more opportunities that we have to …

We had been dreaming of this for years. Years fighting, gathering information, studying, contacting experts, raising our voices and singing to the four winds that our coast, our wonderful and unique coast, deserved recognition commensurate with its value. And finally, at the beginning of this year 2023, the dream came true. Together, Ocean Missions NGO …

Animal problems are human problems; we are in this sh*t together. I just got home from spending four weeks in August working in the far north, between the latitudes 70 and 71 in East Greenland. I was a wildlife guide on the Schooner Opal for North Sailing. My first time in Scoresby Sound was in …

How valuable is a whale´s life ? How much oxygen some from the sea? Are we on time to save our oceans?  And, are whale watching activities sustainable in Iceland?  There are so many important questions to answer and messages to spread! Húsavík, a small town at the edge of the Arctic, is a mayor …

It seems that there is momentum around the problem of plastic pollution, as earlier this month, world leaders from more than 175 nations have agreed to finally forge a global treaty by 2024 to restrict plastic pollution! In Iceland, starting this year until 2025, the Ministry of Environment decided to trust and support some local …

In January this year, Belén was awarded by The Safina Center as one of their young fellows to help on – Advancing the Case for Life on Earth. This fund is given to support passionate women on their professional careers to make a positive difference for the planet. Now, 9 months after, we can feel …

This is the result of last weekend’s clean-up effort on the Langanes peninsula! For the first time, Ocean Missions NGO, based in Húsavík, arranged a two-day, intensive clean-up of the Langanes coastline, gathering 20 volunteers from different organizations with a clear purpose: to remove the trash from the coastline and claim environmental action. Representatives from …

Belén, from Ocean Missions has been recently awarded by “The Safina Center” non-profit organization with a 5000$ grant to help on their work – Advancing the Case for Life on Earth, and she is willing to fully dedicate it on achieving Ocean Missions goals, which are hand in hand with the goals of The Safina …

It is a pleasure to announce the official partnership between Ocean Missions and North Sailing! We are very excited about this partnership, since we think it can bring very exciting projects for next summers in Húsavík! We all live in a marvelous wildlife paradise called Húsavík that deserves all the respect and admiration. It is …

This year, the Northern Right Whale are the species getting the most attention among whale scientists