Expeditions Stories

Expeditions Stories June 8, 2024 The Hope Expedition 2024 – A journey

I ́ve been to Iceland twice before and I fell in love with this country the second my feet touched Icelandic ground for the first time. In the past months there was an inner change of myself. I wanted to travel, but I also wanted to give something back to the country I was travelling …

Expeditions Stories May 18, 2024 Hope Expedition Svalbard – Tilvera 2024

To Move. To Discover. To Connect. Three verbs that touch the soul of the adventurer, the traveller, the dreamer, and that always lead him – or her – to look beyond the horizon.  Becoming champions of Iceland’s First Hope Spot, the Northeast Iceland Hope Spot, the achievement that lit up our 2023, has also inflated …

Expeditions Stories January 14, 2024 May Expedition 2023 – from Rena’s Eyes

I’ve fallen in love with Iceland two times in my life. The first one, when I stepped on this land of ice and fire in 2015. The second, in 2023 when I sailed its waters onboard the schooner Opal with Ocean Missions. I never thought this expedition would change my life forever… and how it …

Expeditions Stories June 30, 2023 The Hope Expedition. Navigation the ocean within

23rd – 29th of June 2023 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.  In early June, Shannon Rake and Sylvia Earle from …

Expeditions Stories September 30, 2022 September Expedition 2022

On the calm, sunny autumn morning of September 28th, we departed from our home port of Húsavík on our 7th expedition with four crew and 10 enthusiastic participants ready to set sails for sustainability and become ocean ambassadors. We did not have to wait long to have our first exciting experience. Just a short distance …

Expeditions Stories May 31, 2022 May Expedition 2022. A Journey of Transformation

In a journey of self and external exploration into the icelandic natural wonders, we reveal the hidden stories of our planet and seek for solutions to adreess environmental issues in the Arctic.   Location: Iceland  Every year, I set sails on Schooner Opal to explore remote areas in Iceland and to report signs of unhealthy oceans. …

Expeditions Stories September 30, 2021 September Expedition 2021

It is time to be reborn! A challenging expedition , we alone with the elements and the wildest oceans. One more time we challenge ourselves and realize that together and with passion we are capable of everything! Passionate, Detailed, Heartbreaking and Revealing. Looking for a scape from the heavy reality, seeking for our potential to …

Expeditions Stories May 18, 2021 May Expedition 2021

A journey with a clear purpose: “keep alive what brings you life“ Recently, we set off for a week on our fifth expedition along the Icelandic coast onboard the magnificent electric Schooner Ópal. The feeling of being on one of the few vessels setting sails for an adventure during still difficult Covid times is teaching …

Expeditions Stories September 30, 2020 September Expedition 2020

In September 2020 we set sails for our third expedition. This expedition was full of challenges, but most of them even before start sailing for both, participants and the crew. But the uncertainty of our times, the difficulties of traveling due to Covid -19 and even quarantines did not stop us or them. Everyone fought …

Expeditions Stories May 31, 2020 May Expedition 2020

Travelling with a Purpose May Expedition 2020 28th May – 3rd June A new expedition. A new adventure. A new crew But the same ocean, ever changing, always challenging. Always fascinating. Video made by the legendary Ása Steinnars who came onboard to support our mission. For the May 2020 expedition, we set sails again aboard …

Expeditions Stories April 30, 2019 Pilot Expedition 2019

For the first expedition Ocean Missions (the pilot expedition) invited experts from different fields: plastic researchers, whale scientists and bird researchers, to collect data on Icelandic ocean health and develop a citizen science field course for young people next year 2020. As Ocean Missions have INSPIRATION as a main goal we wanted to emphasize values …

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