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      <title><![CDATA[Still renovating - and painting]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[We have been renovating the old house of Eyrardalur, where the Arctic Fox Centre is located, since last November. When we first opened in June 2010 the house was not yet ready so we had to continue now when there was time. The loft has now been panelled and lined around windows and doors. Now we are painting upstairs and at the caf&eacute; and kitchen downstairs. The Grand Commity room and the exhibition will not be painted but when we clean and refresh, we will add some new things..<br />We are sorry that we have not managed to open the doors for visitors but we look forward to open again during Easter, with a new program and lovely "new old fashion" caf&eacute; !<br /><br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gaggað í grjótinu - 2011]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[<strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Gagga&eth; &iacute; Grj&oacute;tinu eftir H&ouml;llu Margr&eacute;ti J&oacute;hannesd&oacute;ttur - Ath. &thorn;etta er s&ouml;nn saga !!<br />A&eth;g&ouml;ngumi&eth;i a&eth;eins 1500 kr. - teki&eth; er vi&eth; grei&eth;slukortum<br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; color: #800000;"><br />Gagga&eth; &iacute; grj&oacute;tinu ver&eth;ur frums&yacute;nt &thorn;etta &aacute;ri&eth; fimmtudaginn 2. j&uacute;n&iacute; kl. 20.00 og ver&eth;ur <br />s&eacute;rstakt tilbo&eth; &aacute; &thorn;essa s&yacute;ningu &iacute; tilefni dagsins: mi&eth;aver&eth; er a&eth;eins 1000 kr !<br /></span><br />N&aelig;stu s&yacute;ningar ver&eth;a svo 23. j&uacute;n&iacute;, 7. j&uacute;l&iacute; og 21. j&uacute;l&iacute; auk &thorn;ess sem ein s&yacute;ning ver&eth;ur &iacute; &aacute;g&uacute;st. Mi&eth;aver&eth; er 1500 kr.<br /></span></strong><br /><br />
<h1><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Fimmtudaginn 2. j&uacute;n&iacute; kl. 20</span></strong></h1>
<br /><span style="color: #000080;">Rebbakaffi er au&eth;vita&eth; opi&eth; &thorn;essa daga, n&yacute;tt bakkelsi og rj&uacute;kandi kaffi !!</span><br /><br />Endilega b&oacute;ki&eth; &iacute; s&iacute;ma 456-4922 =&gt; fyrstir koma fyrstir f&aacute; !!<br /><br />Leikurinn er s&eacute;rstaklega saminn fyrir Melrakkasetri&eth; og &thorn;ar er s&ouml;g&eth; saga refsins sem hefur b&uacute;i&eth; h&eacute;r lengur en elstu menn muna.
<p><br />&Iacute; Gagga&eth; &iacute; grj&oacute;tinu f&aacute;um vi&eth; einstakt t&aelig;kif&aelig;ri til a&eth; breg&eth;a okkur &aacute; greni me&eth; &oacute;nefndri refaskyttu sem kallar ekki allt &ouml;mmu s&iacute;na. Saga skyttunnar er nefnilega ekki s&iacute;&eth;ur merkileg en skolla sj&aacute;lfs. Me&eth;an skyttan liggur og vaktar greni&eth; styttir hann s&eacute;r stundir og segir s&ouml;gur af sj&aacute;lfum s&eacute;r og &ouml;&eth;rum refaskyttum. &AElig;vint&yacute;rin sem skyttunar hafa lent &iacute; &iacute; vi&eth;ureigninni vi&eth; melrakkann eru kannski lygilegar e&eth;a hva&eth;... </p>
<p><br />Leikari er Elfar Logi Hannesson, Marsbil G. Kristj&aacute;nsd&oacute;ttir hannar leikmynd og b&uacute;ninga, h&ouml;fundur og leikstj&oacute;ri er Halla Margr&eacute;t J&oacute;hannesd&oacute;ttir en &thorn;a&eth; er K&oacute;med&iacute;uleikh&uacute;si&eth; &aacute; &Iacute;safir&eth;i sem setur leikinn &aacute; svi&eth; &iacute; samstarfi vi&eth; Melrakkasetur &Iacute;slands. </p>
<p><br />Gagga&eth; &iacute; grj&oacute;tinu var frums&yacute;nt &iacute; Melrakkasetrinu &iacute; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;k mi&eth;vikudagskv&ouml;ldi&eth; 16. j&uacute;n&iacute; kl. 20.<br /><br /> <br /><span style="color: #000000;"></span>Mi&eth;asala &aacute; allar s&yacute;ningarnar er &iacute; Melrakkasetrinu &iacute; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;k og &iacute; s&iacute;ma: 456 4922.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blogs and news from various regions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/fieldblog/Blogs_and_news_from_various_regions</link>
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      	<![CDATA[Here we will share our field stories and results from various regions of the arctic fox distribution. All entries come from the field-workers themselves. We are happy to get news from all over the northern hemisphere. Photos included when possible.<br /><br />Various studies are taking place in the following regions:<br />
<ul>
<li>Iceland</li>
<li>Sweden</li>
<li>Norway</li>
<li>Greenland</li>
<li>Canada</li>
<li>Alaska</li>
<li>Russia</li>
<li>Finland</li>
<li>...</li>
</ul>
<div><br />Scientists that work on arctic foxes share their knowledge and the third conference was held in V&aring;l&aring;dalen in Sweden in February 2009. It was&nbsp;Anders Angerbj&ouml;rn, Nina E. Eide &amp; Karin Nor&eacute;n as well as Mats &amp; Karin Ericson at <a href="http://www.taiga.z.se/" target="_blank">Taiga tours</a> who arranged the conference.<br />Further information about the conference can be found <a href="http://nidaros.nina.no/avlsprosjekt-start.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br /><br />International projects:<br /><br />A coordinated&nbsp;project in Sweden, Norway and Finland: <a href="http://www.arctic-predators.uit.no/" target="_blank">SEFALO<br /><br /></a>The intenational polar year project <a href="http://www.arctic-predators.uit.no/" target="_blank">ARCTIC PREDATORS&nbsp;</a></div>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Enn að breyta og bæta]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[Eins og flestir vita &thorn;&aacute; hefur sta&eth;i&eth; yfir endurb&oacute;tat&iacute;mabil &iacute; Eyrardalnum undanfari&eth;. &THORN;egar vi&eth; opnu&eth;um &iacute; j&uacute;n&iacute; 2010 var lofti&eth; a&eth; mestu &oacute;kl&aacute;ra&eth; og veggir a&eth;eins grunna&eth;ir. &Iacute; n&oacute;vember var hafist handa vi&eth; a&eth; kl&aelig;&eth;a lofti&eth; me&eth; panel og ganga fr&aacute; &iacute; kringum glugga. N&uacute; er &thorn;v&iacute; loki&eth; og er veri&eth; a&eth; m&aacute;la h&uacute;sn&aelig;&eth;i&eth; b&aelig;&eth;i uppi og ni&eth;ri (&thorn;.e. loft, eldh&uacute;s og kaffih&uacute;s). Kofrastofan og s&yacute;ningarsalurinn eru enn me&eth; sama sni&eth;i en &thorn;egar fari&eth; ver&eth;ur &iacute; &thorn;rif og fr&aacute;gang munum vi&eth; setja inn nokkrar n&yacute;jungar &aacute; s&yacute;ninguna. Tafir hafa or&eth;i&eth; &aacute; verkinu en gert er r&aacute;&eth; fyrir a&eth; vi&eth; opnum um p&aacute;skana me&eth; s&eacute;rstakri dagskr&aacute; og gl&aelig;n&yacute;ju gamaldags &uacute;tliti &aacute; kaffih&uacute;sinu og &aacute; loftinu.<br /><br />Vi&eth; bi&eth;jumst afs&ouml;kunar &aacute; &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; hafa ekki geta&eth; teki&eth; &aacute; m&oacute;ti gestum &iacute; vetur en hl&ouml;kkum jafnframt til &thorn;ess a&eth; sj&aacute; ykkur aftur.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In memorian of two sentinels]]></title>
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Two of our greatest
sentinels departed this life late last year, with only one month interval:
professor Pall Hersteinsson, &nbsp;(b. 22.3. 1951,
d. 13.10. 2011) and Kristjana Gu&eth;n&yacute; Sam&uacute;elsd&oacute;ttir, our "Jana
Sam" (b. 12.5. 1918, d. 13.11. 2011).<br /><br />
Kristjana came to the centre on the opening
summer 2010 and became thrilled - for two reasons. Firstly, she knew the house
from the past and was delighted to see how well it had been renovated. Secondly,
the idea and the concept of The Arctic Fox Centre pleased her a lot, being an
entrepreneur herself, both in heart and practice. She insisted on donating
money to the centre and so she did, before she went to sleep that same day. We were
grateful to Jana and the "Jana&acute;s Fund" was established. From the beginning, we
have deposit all free donations given to the centre into this fund.<br />
<strong>After Jana&acute;s departure, her friends and
family have donated us through "Jana&acute;s Fund" in her memory.</strong> We are grateful
for the support and proud in behalf of late Jana, since this was her will. We will
use the money from "Jana&acute;s" fund to improve the Arctic Fox Centre and do our
best to use the money well.<br /><br />
Pall Hersteinsson was a respected and efficient
scientist, both in Iceland and abroad. His studies on the arctic fox, since the
early 80&acute;s, have resulted in valuable information on the biology and population
dynamics of the species in Iceland and worldwide. <br />
<br />
<strong>In the memory of Pall Hersteinsson, his
colleagues from Northern Norway (e.g. at The Norwegian Polar Institute &amp; The University of Tromso) have donated The Arctic Fox Centre a generous
amount. We are largely grateful for this donation and proud to keep up Pall&acute;s
name by continuing his work on studying the arctic foxes in Iceland. </strong><br />
<br />
The amount from the Norwegian scientist group will serve as an establishment of
a new fund in the name of Pall Hersteinsson. We will have this fund open so
that everyone can donate into it, in the name of our late mentor. &nbsp;The aim
of this fund will be to promote studies on the arctic fox in Iceland and
enhance international collaboration in arctic fox research. <br /><br />
For those who want to honour the memory of
P&aacute;ll or Jana, we have the account numbers and further information on the <a href="../../../../support_us">"Support us"</a> page, to the left. Those
who want their name to be mentioned or wish to have a donation card sent,
please contact us at (melrakki[@]melrakki.is).<br /><br />
With kindest regards and great gratitude<br /><br />
On the behalf of the arctic fox centre<br />
<br />
Ester Rut Unnsteinsd&oacute;ttir, director<br />
tel: +354 862 8219, e-mail: melrakki[@]melrakki.is<br /><br />&nbsp;
<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Further information:</span><br /><br />
<strong>JANA&acute;S
FUND - IBAN: IS58 0154 1525 0394 6609 0710 60 - SWIFT: NBIIISRE</strong><br /><br />
<strong>PALL&acute;S
MEMORIAN FUND - IBAN: IS96 0154 1520 0526 6609 0710 60 - SWIFT: NBIIISRE</strong><br /><br />]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bakhjarlar Melrakkaseturs - í minningu]]></title>
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Tveir mikilv&aelig;gir
bakhjarlar Melrakkaseturs f&eacute;llu fr&aacute; &aacute; seinnihluta s&iacute;&eth;asta &aacute;rs, me&eth; a&eth;eins m&aacute;na&eth;ar millibili, &thorn;au P&aacute;ll
Hersteinsson (f. 22.3. 1951, d. 13.10. 2011) og Kristjana
Gu&eth;n&yacute; Sam&uacute;elsd&oacute;ttir, h&uacute;n Jana okkar Sam (f. 12.5. 1918, d. 13.11. 2011).<br /><br />
Eins og fram hefur komi&eth; h&eacute;r &aacute; s&iacute;&eth;unni &aacute;nafna&eth;i Jana setrinu d&aacute;g&oacute;&eth;ri upph&aelig;&eth;
sumari&eth; 2010, eftir a&eth; hafa komi&eth; &iacute; heims&oacute;kn og heillast a&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; hva&eth; h&uacute;si&eth; var
or&eth;i&eth; fallegt og hva&eth; verkefni&eth; sem &thorn;a&eth; h&yacute;sir, Melrakkasetri&eth;, var sni&eth;ugt a&eth;
hennar mati. <br /><br />
<strong>Eftir
andl&aacute;t J&ouml;nu Sam hefur Melrakkasetrinu borist fj&aacute;rstu&eth;ningur, fr&aacute; &aelig;ttingjum og
vinum - til minningar um &thorn;essa merku konu, inn &aacute; J&ouml;nusj&oacute;&eth;inn.</strong> Vi&eth; erum &thorn;akkl&aacute;t fyrir stu&eth;ninginn og viss um a&eth; Jana er &aacute;n&aelig;g&eth; me&eth;
a&eth; a&eth;rir skyldu halda &aacute;fram a&eth; sty&eth;ja vi&eth; &thorn;a&eth; sem henni &thorn;&oacute;tti mikilv&aelig;gt.<br />
<br />P&aacute;ll Hersteinsson var hugmyndasmi&eth;ur og verndari Melrakkasetursins. Hann var virtur
og afkastamikill fr&aelig;&eth;ima&eth;ur, b&aelig;&eth;i &aacute; &iacute;slenskri og erlendri grund. Ranns&oacute;knir hans
&aacute; t&oacute;funni, sem h&oacute;fust&nbsp; &aacute; 8. &aacute;ratug sl.
aldar, st&oacute;&eth;u yfir &iacute; r&uacute;m 32 &aacute;r og hafa leitt &iacute; lj&oacute;s mikilv&aelig;gar uppl&yacute;singar um
l&iacute;ffr&aelig;&eth;i og stofnvistfr&aelig;&eth;i tegundarinnar &aacute; &Iacute;slandi og erlendis. <br /><br />
<strong>Kollegar
P&aacute;ls og vinir &iacute; nor&eth;ur Noregi s&ouml;fnu&eth;u d&aacute;g&oacute;&eth;ri upph&aelig;&eth; til minningar um P&aacute;l og
hafa &aacute;nafna&eth; Melrakkasetrinu. </strong>Vi&eth; erum stolt og
&thorn;akkl&aacute;t fyrir framlagi&eth; og munum gera okkar besta til a&eth; halda uppi nafni og
starfi P&aacute;ls me&eth; ranns&oacute;knum &aacute; melrakkanum &aacute; &Iacute;slandi. <br /><br />
Fj&aacute;rh&aelig;&eth;in sem norsku v&iacute;sindamennirnir
s&ouml;fnu&eth;u hefur veri&eth; f&aelig;r&eth; inn &aacute; s&eacute;rstakan reikning sem stofna&eth;ur hefur veri&eth; &iacute;
nafni P&aacute;ls og ver&eth;ur opinn fyrir framl&ouml;gum. Markmi&eth; sj&oacute;&eth;sins ver&eth;ur a&eth; sty&eth;ja
vi&eth; &aacute;framhaldandi ranns&oacute;knir &aacute; t&oacute;funni og efla al&thorn;j&oacute;&eth;legt samstarf &aacute; vettvangi
t&oacute;furanns&oacute;kna.<br /><br />
&THORN;eim sem vilja leggja setrinu li&eth; og hei&eth;ra
&iacute; lei&eth;inni minningu P&aacute;ls e&eth;a J&ouml;nu, er bent &aacute; reikningsuppl&yacute;singar h&eacute;r ne&eth;ar &aacute;
s&iacute;&eth;unni. N&aacute;nari uppl&yacute;singar um sj&oacute;&eth;ina er a&eth; finna &aacute; s&iacute;&eth;unni <a href="../../../../jonusjodur/">"styrktarsj&oacute;&eth;ur"</a>. <br /><br />
Me&eth; k&aelig;rum &thorn;&ouml;kkum, fyrir h&ouml;nd Melrakkaseturs
&Iacute;slands<br />
<br />
Ester Rut Unnsteinsd&oacute;ttir, forst&ouml;&eth;uma&eth;ur<br />
s&iacute;mi: 862 8219, netfang: melrakki[@]melrakki.is<br /><br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Frekari uppl&yacute;singar.</span><br /><br />
<strong>MINNINGARSJ&Oacute;&ETH;UR
"J&Ouml;NU SAM"</strong><br /><br />
Reikningsnr. 0154-15-250394<br /><br />
Kennitala: 660907-1060<br /><br />
<br />
<strong>MINNINGASJ&Oacute;&ETH;UR
P&Aacute;LS HERSTEINSSONAR</strong><br /><br />
Reikningsnr: &nbsp;0154-15-200526<br /><br />
Kennitala :&nbsp;
660907-1060<br />
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      <title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/news/Merry_Christmas_3</link>
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      	<![CDATA[Dear friends<br />We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year<br />Thanks for visiting and taking part in our project<br />We will publish the annual review soon - so you can see it all in text and photos<br /><br />looking forward to open again after months of reconstructing - it looks great !<br /><br />See you next year<br /><br />The Arctic Fox Centre]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gleðilega hátíð]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/frettir/Gledilega_hatid</link>
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      	<![CDATA[<span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Melrakkasetri&eth; sendir hollvinum s&iacute;num, hlutaf&eacute;l&ouml;gum og landsm&ouml;nnum &ouml;llum, bestu &oacute;skir um Gle&eth;ileg j&oacute;l og fars&aelig;ld &aacute; komandi &aacute;ri me&eth; &thorn;&ouml;kkum fyrir samstarf og innlit &aacute; &aacute;rinu sem er a&eth; l&iacute;&eth;a. <br />Br&aacute;tt munum vi&eth; birta ann&aacute;l um starfi&eth; h&eacute;r &aacute; s&iacute;&eth;unni, &thorn;a&eth; var ansi vi&eth;amiki&eth; og gaman a&eth; segja fr&aacute; &thorn;v&iacute; hva&eth; vi&eth; h&ouml;fum veri&eth; a&eth; bralla &thorn;etta &aacute;ri&eth;.<br /><br />Hl&ouml;kkum til a&eth; hefja starf &iacute; Eyrardal &aacute; n&yacute;, eftir endurb&aelig;tur s&iacute;&eth;ustu m&aacute;nu&eth;ina.<br /><br />Sj&aacute;umst &aacute; n&yacute;ju &aacute;ri !&nbsp;<br /><br />Stj&oacute;rn og starfsf&oacute;lk Melrakkaseturs &Iacute;slands&nbsp;</strong></span>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ársfundur The Wild North og smíðastarf]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/frettir/Arsfundur_The_Wild_North_og_smidastarf_2</link>
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      	<![CDATA[&Iacute; byrjun okt&oacute;ber var &aacute;rsfundur The Wild North haldinn &aacute;
Vestfj&ouml;r&eth;um. Byrja&eth; var &iacute; N&aacute;tt&uacute;rugripasafninu &iacute; Bolungarv&iacute;k &thorn;ar sem &thorn;&aacute;tttakendur
kynntu starf sinna klasa &thorn;a&eth; sem af er &aacute;rsins. Marianne Rasmussen fr&aacute; H&uacute;sav&iacute;k
er &bdquo;lead partner" og naut h&uacute;n a&eth;sto&eth;ar Per Ivars fr&aacute; Noregi vi&eth; stj&oacute;rn fundarins. Ekki
komust allir f&eacute;lagar okkar &aacute; fundinn &thorn;v&iacute; ve&eth;ri&eth; var sl&aelig;mt og f&aelig;r&eth; spilltist sn&ouml;gglega.
Hluti h&oacute;psins kom &thorn;v&iacute; s&iacute;num uppl&yacute;singum og kynningum &aacute;lei&eth;is &iacute; gegnum s&iacute;ma og
internet. Sn&aelig;ddur var h&aacute;degisver&eth;ur &iacute; Einarsh&uacute;si og s&aacute;u Ragna og J&oacute;n Bjarni um
a&eth; verta mannskapinn, einnig f&aelig;r&eth;u &thorn;eir fundargestum kaffi inn &aacute; safni&eth;. Starfsf&oacute;lk
N&aacute;tt&uacute;rustofu Vestfjar&eth;a s&aacute; um a&eth; allt f&aelig;ri vel fram &aacute; fundarsta&eth; og hl&yacute;ddu &aacute;
erindin.<br /><br />
N&aelig;sta dag var starfsfundur og var hann haldinn &iacute;
Melrakkasetrinu &iacute; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;k. &THORN;anga&eth; m&aelig;tti r&aacute;&eth;gjafi og helsti s&eacute;rfr&aelig;&eth;ingur okkar &iacute;
n&aacute;tt&uacute;rul&iacute;fs-fer&eth;amennsku, Deborah Benham. Fari&eth; var &iacute; &aacute;rssk&yacute;rslu til Nora og
Nata, stefnum&oacute;tunarvinnu og fleira gagnlegt. Maria Danium s&aacute; um kaffiveitingar
og &iacute; h&aacute;deginu var fari&eth; &aacute; J&oacute;n Ind&iacute;afara &thorn;ar sem &Oacute;skar galdra&eth;i fram kr&aelig;singar. L&eacute;ttar
veitingar voru svo &iacute; lokin enda alltaf notalegt a&eth; f&aacute; s&eacute;r drykk &iacute; Rebbakaffi.
Eggert Nielsen s&aacute; um a&eth; koma mannskapnum heilu og h&ouml;ldnu til &Iacute;safjar&eth;ar.
&THORN;ri&eth;ji fundardagurinn f&oacute;r fram &iacute; Reykjav&iacute;k en &thorn;eir sem &bdquo;aldrei
komust vestur" hittu &thorn;&aacute; fyrir f&eacute;laga okkar fr&aacute; Noregi (Ecofact (Ingve), Spindaj
(Per Ivar &amp; Sigrid) &aacute;samt Deborah. &THORN;arna voru sems&eacute; samankomnir f&eacute;lagar vorir
&bdquo;&iacute; hv&ouml;lunum" fr&aacute; Nor&eth;ursiglingu og Eldingu &aacute;samt f&eacute;laga &bdquo;&iacute; selunum" fr&aacute;
Selasetrinu og loks h&aelig;gt a&eth; lj&uacute;ka vi&eth; &aacute;rsfundinn. H&oacute;purinn f&oacute;r &aacute; fund
Fer&eth;am&aacute;lastj&oacute;ra til a&eth; kynna starfi&eth; og r&aelig;&eth;a m&aacute;lin en Fer&eth;am&aacute;lastofa fylgist
grannt me&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; starfi sem unni&eth; er hj&aacute; TWN h&oacute;pnum. 
Vi&eth; &aelig;tlum a&eth; gera verkefni&eth; s&yacute;nilegra &aacute; komandi &aacute;ri, n&uacute;
fl&ouml;ggum vi&eth; me&eth; f&aacute;na The Wild North og g&ouml;ngum &iacute; merktum fatna&eth;i. Verkefni&eth; hefur
veri&eth; a&eth; sko&eth;a &uacute;tivistar og l&eacute;ttari fatna&eth; sem h&aelig;gt er a&eth; m&aelig;la me&eth; &iacute; okkar
vinnu. Vi&eth; fengum Goretex galla fr&aacute; Zo-on sem reyndist &aacute;g&aelig;tlega &iacute; kuldanum &iacute;
Hornv&iacute;k &iacute; vor og ekki verr &iacute; rigningunni &iacute; j&uacute;l&iacute;. Vi&eth; spr&ouml;ngum um &iacute; &thorn;&aelig;gilegum
l&eacute;tt j&ouml;kkum fr&aacute; Craftsport og svo f&oacute;ru nor&eth;menn me&eth; fl&iacute;speysur fr&aacute; Craftsport
og 66N nor&eth;ur &iacute; Tromsfylke &thorn;ar sem &thorn;au munu pr&oacute;fa fl&iacute;kurnar. F&aacute;nasmi&eth;jan s&aacute; um
prentun &aacute; fatna&eth;inum og f&aacute;nunum og eru a&eth; &thorn;r&oacute;a buff og fleira sem ver&eth;ur til
s&ouml;lu hj&aacute; &thorn;&aacute;ttt&ouml;kua&eth;ilum The Wild North n&aelig;sta sumar. Kannski vi&eth; pr&oacute;fum fl&iacute;kur
fr&aacute; fleirum og gerum k&ouml;nnun &aacute; endingu og &thorn;oli gegn slagvi&eth;ri og kulda enda er TWN
nor&eth;ursl&oacute;&eth;averkefni og &ouml;ll st&ouml;rfum vi&eth; &aacute; &uacute;tnesjum, langt fr&aacute; alfaralei&eth;.
Eftir a&eth; fundi lauk var fari&eth; &iacute; a&eth; t&aelig;ma loft og kaffih&uacute;s
Eyrardalsb&aelig;jarins &thorn;v&iacute; n&uacute; ver&eth;ur haldi&eth; &aacute;fram me&eth; sm&iacute;&eth;arnar og loki&eth; vi&eth;
kl&aelig;&eth;ningu &aacute; lofti efri h&aelig;&eth;ar. Kaffih&uacute;s og eldh&uacute;s ver&eth;a m&aacute;lu&eth; og gengi&eth; ver&eth;ur
fr&aacute; &yacute;msu sem ekki var h&aelig;gt a&eth; kl&aacute;ra fyrir opnun. &THORN;a&eth; voru &thorn;&aelig;r Oddn&yacute; Bergsd&oacute;ttir
og Maria Danium sem s&aacute;u um a&eth; t&aelig;ma og f&aelig;ra allt innvols inn &iacute; s&yacute;ningarsalinn.
J&oacute;n Ragnarsson, sem veri&eth; hefur refahir&eth;ir &iacute; haust, hj&aacute;lpa&eth;i til me&eth; verki&eth; og
allt gekk &thorn;etta upp &aacute; mett&iacute;ma. Vi&eth; stefnum a&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; koma me&eth; n&yacute;jungar &aacute;
s&yacute;ninguna me&eth; vorinu og &thorn;a&eth; ver&eth;ur gaman &thorn;egar allt er or&eth;i&eth; flott og f&iacute;nt.
&THORN;ar sem forst&ouml;&eth;ukonan var k&ouml;llu&eth; til starfa vi&eth; H&aacute;sk&oacute;la
&Iacute;slands &thorn;etta misseri&eth; hefur Dagbj&ouml;rt Hjaltad&oacute;ttir s&eacute;&eth; um a&eth; taka &aacute; m&oacute;ti gestum
og J&oacute;n Ragnarsson sinnt refahir&eth;ingu. Vi&eth; &thorn;&ouml;kkum &thorn;eim k&aelig;rlega fyrir &thorn;eirra
framlag, &thorn;a&eth; er &oacute;metanlegt.
N&uacute; notum vi&eth; t&iacute;mann til a&eth; skipuleggja og endurb&aelig;ta
s&yacute;ninguna og starfi&eth; n&aelig;sta sumar en &aacute;&aelig;tla&eth; er a&eth; koma me&eth; n&yacute;jungar og vi&eth;bur&eth;i
n&aelig;sta vor og vera me&eth; skemmtilega p&aacute;skadagskr&aacute; a&eth; auki.
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      <title><![CDATA[A great scientist and good friend is gone]]></title>
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Prof. Pall Hersteinsson, the inventor and guardian of The Arctic Fox
Centre, passed away, after short but severe illness, at The University Hospital
of Iceland on October 13th. <br /><br />
Pall was a respected and efficient scientist, both in Iceland and
abroad. His studies on the arctic fox since the early 80&acute;s have resulted in
valuable information on the biology and population dynamics of the species in
Iceland and worldwide. Pall&acute;s work was based on long-term hunting statistics
and dissections on carcasses from foxhunters in the past 32 years. This
collaboration between hunters and a scientist has shown to be extremely
important and practical.<br /><br />
In the summer of 1998 a year-long collaboration was established between
the Westfjords Natural History institute and Pall Hersteinsson, on behalf of
The University of Iceland. The first project was a thorough study on arctic fox
behaviour in Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, where the arctic fox had been
protected by law in 1995. The institutes hired two biology students, Ester Rut
Unnsteinsd&oacute;ttir and H&oacute;lmfr&iacute;&eth;ur Sig&thorn;&oacute;rsd&oacute;ttir. Their main job was to monitor two
arctic fox dens and record all behavioural activity seen. The pups were "trap
trained" so that they would willingly enter traps when they were large enough
to carry transmitters for dispersal studies. The next summer, another
expedition was conducted to Hornstrandir, this time on the old sailboat Neisti
with Captain Gu&eth;mundur Jakobsson. That summer was used for visiting all known
den sites within Hornstrandir Nature Reserve to see if they were occupied. J&oacute;n
Oddsson, a former foxhunter of Hornstrandir, was on the boat and explained the
locations of the dens, remembering all details and never failed, he was more
than 80 years old. After these two summers, several other projects were
conducted and friendship was formed between the people involved. Ester Rut kept
on working on arctic fox projects in collaboration with both institutes and it
was always Pall who was the scientific consultant of the projects. During the
summers 2002-2007 an international study was conducted on the arctic foxes in
Hornstrandir. This project was a collaboration between Israel (Dr. Eli Geffen),
Sweden (Dr. Anders Angerbjorn), Norway (Dr. Eva Fuglei) and Iceland (Dr. Pall
Hersteinsson). The major aims of the studies were to estimate the cost of
reproduction and the proportionaltime each parent spent rearing pups and
bringing food.<br /><br />
&nbsp;<br /><br />
In April 2005, Pall was asked to give a presentation at a tourism
conference in Isafjordur. The aim was to find new activities and specialities
that could enhance increasing tourism in the region. Pall couldn't come and
asked Ester Rut, his student, to go instead. At this conference, the idea of The
Arctic Fox Centre was first mentioned in public and the people in Westfjords was
encouraged to make the arctic fox a characteristic animal of the region, let it
become a valuable resource in tourism and build up a research and exhibition centre,
focusing on the arctic fox, the only native terrestrial mammal in Iceland.<br /><br />
In short, this has now been done with the help and good will of the
locals in S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;k who understand the importance of creating something new and
special to gain attention and get more visitors to stop and stay in the area.
From the beginning, Pall helped creating the project, gave all his data and
some of his old research material and from the beginning served as theoretical
consultant of the centre. His contribution was vital for the project and gave
it a special value. Former studies on the arctic fox status in the Nature
Reserve have continued and others began. Pall leaves a gap in the group that
will not be filled up again. His insight and knowledge was amazing and it will
be a challenge for the rest of us to continue his important work for over 30
years.<br /><br />
&nbsp;<br /><br />
We have lost
an outstanding partner, colleague and friend. We send Pall&acute;s wife and family
our deepest condolences in these difficult times.<br /><br />
&nbsp;<br /><br />
On behalf of
The Arctic Fox Centre and the Westfjords Natural History institute,
shareholders, staff and board members,<br /><br />
Ester Rut
Unnsteinsd&oacute;ttir and &THORN;orleifur Eir&iacute;ksson<br /><br />]]>
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