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New VR Experience Aims To Protect Iceland’s Seals
Visitors to Iceland will soon be able to observe seals in their natural habitat without disturbing them — through virtual reality, reports RÚV. The Icelandic Seal Centre is developing a VR seal-watching experience to promote sustainability and protect the country’s endangered harbour…
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Polar Bear Turned Out To Be A Seal
Tourists in Hornvík called the Westfjords after seeing a polar bear, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]The Bargain Chest just opened in Grapevine Store. This is where we’ll be keeping all the things that for one reason or another are on a discount at the…
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Rescued Seal Pup Receiving Care
A seal pup that was rescued at the Reykjavík harbour has been transported to the zoo to be taken care of by the Reykjavík Animal Rescue Service, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face…
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Seal Rescued At Reykjavík Harbour
A seal with a hook in its mouth was rescued at the Reykjavík harbour, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face masks, perfumes and more! These are all high-quality products made by Icelandic producers…
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VIDEO: Family Of Killer Whales Make A Game Of Hunting A Seal
West of Hvammsvík in Hvalfjörður a few days ago, a family of orcas was captured on video in their hunt and eventual killing of a seal just beyond the family’s home. A lesson for the little ones This was a special event…
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New Grafarvogur Resident Looking For Seal Of Approval
The Reykjavík neighborhood of Grafarvogur is now home to an out of the ordinary new resident, a harbour seal, RÚV reports. The most recent neighbour to the coastal residential area keeps popping up around the harbour, not really minding the attention it…
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WTF Happened Last Year? 2015 In News
Every year, we at the Grapevine like to look back and reflect on some of the hottest, weirdest, and most delightful news stories that dominated the headlines. This year is no exception. So here, again, we bring you: the Year In Review.…
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News In Brief: End Of August 2015
The end of the summer is upon us, and concluded as per tradition with the festivities at Culture Night, which had a reported 120,000 attendees. That’s almost half the country, so we imagine that any part of Iceland that wasn’t Reykjavík was…
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Zoo Directors Want Law Changed To Save Baby Seals
Zoo management want the law changed to allow animals that have grown up with humans to be released into the wild. RÚV reports that zoo management filed this request with Reykjavík City Council’s Sports And Leisure Committee. Such a change to the…
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News In Brief: Early August
Don’t believe the hype. Despite plenty of news coverage detailing dangerous stunts by tourists in the past few months, Icelanders still love you guys! According to a new poll from Market and Media Research, 80% of Icelanders feel good about tourists in…
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“Perfectly Disrespectful” To Zoo Animals
A seal researcher is flummoxed at the Icelandic practice of killing zoo animals and feeding them to other animals. Susan C. Wilson, the director of Tara Seal Research (TSR) in Northern Ireland, told MBL she was taken aback by recent news of…
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Captured Seal Executed, Fed To Foxes
The baby seal that was captured after escaping from the zoo has been put down to be made into fox food, despite campaigning attempts by Icelanders to spare its life. Director of the Reykjavík Family Park And Zoo Tómas Óskar Guðjónsson confirmed…
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Seal Escapes Zoo, Heads Straight For Campsite
A baby seal had itself a small adventure after escaping the zoo last night, replete with some biting involved. RÚV reports that the youngster escaped from the Reykjavík Family Park And Zoo last night, but rather than make a beeline for the…