Ice caps and volcanoes
You land in Breidavik at Arnarstapi, with Snaefellsjokull, a glacier-capped volcano in the background. Walk southward, along cliffs with seabirds, to Hellnar, where you embark the ship again. You may also proceed to Snaefellsjokull, where Jule Vernes: Journey to the center of the Earth began. In the evening, look for whales northwest of the peninsula.
A land of islands, skerries, and Norse legends
Sail in the broad and shallow bay of Breidafjordur, peppered with hundreds of islands and skerries, and may glimpse some white-tailed eagles. Then, land on Flatey and explore its traditional fishing village and church, filled with paintings by the Spanish-Icelandic artist Baltasar. Black guillemots and vast colonies of puffins breed along the shores, and red-necked phalaropes are common in ponds just inland.
Visit Klofningur, a diminutive island featuring a lighthouse and extensive breeding colonies of shags, fulmars, and great black-backed gulls. In the evening, sail by the impressive Latrabjarg, featuring Iceland's biggest seabird colonies.
On the lookout for whales and eider ducks
Sailing into impressive Skutulsfjordur, home to the town of Isafjordur, visit Aedey, where an Icelandic family keeps an eider duck farm where the many hundreds of birds can breed protected entirely and where, at the end of the breeding season, all eiderdown is collected for trade. At the shores of the island, You also meet breeding puffins. In the afternoon, you may sail into Jokulfirdir or directly out of the fjord, looking again for whales, while you sail northwest and pass the Arctic Circle.
At the fringes of the sea ice
North of Iceland, in the fringes of the southward-moving sea ice, you sail northeast with your ice-rated vessel. You look for harp and hooded seals for two days, which sometimes frequent the area in great numbers. The presence of a lonely polar bear can not be discounted, as they sometimes reach Iceland's shores. Near and along the sea ice, see whales and seabirds as they migrate and forage along the productive edge of the sea ice. Be in an impressive sea-scape with, to the west, sea ice as far as you see. This is a wild Arctic environment, constantly in motion and always changing.
Crossing the Arctic Circle once more
You find yourself sailing southward. In the early morning, pass Kolbeinsey, a tiny uninhabited islet rapidly being eroded by the fearsome surrounding ocean. Later, you land on Grimsey, a small island that straddles the Arctic Circle. Grimsey features a small but friendly fishing village and is home to colonies of kittiwakes, razorbills, puffins, fulmars, and Arctic terns. In the evening, at the mouth of Eyafjordur, you may see some whales again.
