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      <title><![CDATA[You are what (and where) you eat –  mercury pollution threatens Arctic foxes]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[New scientific results show that arctic foxes accumulate dangerous levels of mercury if they live in costal habitats and feed on prey which lives in the ocean. Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Moscow State University and the University of Iceland just published their discovery in the science online journal PLOS ONE.
<p><br />Mercury is usually transferred across the food chain, so the researchers checked which items were the main source of food and measured mercury levels in the main prey of Arctic foxes.</p>
<p><br />The scientists compared three fox populations in different environments. Foxes on the small Russian Commander Island of Mednyi fed almost exclusively on sea birds, with some foxes eating seal carcasses. In Iceland, foxes living on the coast ate sea birds whereas those living inland ate rodents and non-marine birds.</p>
<p><br />In all three environments different levels of mercury were present in their hair. Foxes living in coastal habitats such as Iceland and Mednyi Island exhibited high levels of mercury.</p>
<p><em>What does this mean for the foxes? <br /></em>Using museum skin samples from the Commander Islands, the researchers could show that the foxes suffered exposure to mercury for a long time. The researchers confirmed that the source of contamination was their food, as they measured high mercury levels in the prey of foxes such as seals and sea birds. </p>
<p>However, the inland Arctic fox populations of Iceland had low mercury levels. Thus, living inland and eating rodents and non-marine birds instead of eating prey that feeds from the sea protected the inland foxes from mercury exposure. This may have health and conservation implications. The Mednyi Island foxes are almost an opposite example to the inland Icelandic fox population. They live on a small island with no rodents or alternative food source to seals or sea birds. They suffered a tremendous population crash and while the population is currently stable, it is very small and juvenile foxes in particular show high mortality rates. Foxes of all ages exhibit low body weight and have poor coat condition.</p>
<p><br />"When going into this project we thought that an introduced pathogen would explain the poor condition of the foxes and their high mortality but after extensive screening, we did not find anything", says Alex Greenwood, principal investigator of the study. <br />Instead, the researchers began to suspect that something else was at play. <br />"If pathogens were not the cause, we thought perhaps pollutants could be involved. We thought of mercury because it has been reported in high concentration in other Arctic vertebrates also in remote areas and mercury intoxication is known to increase mortality in mammals. As mercury can have negative effects on overall health, particularly in young individuals, and as we knew that Mednyi foxes were exclusively feeding on potentially contaminated sources, we wanted to see whether contamination with mercury depended on feeding ecology and hence might have been the crucial factor for the population decline on Mednyi Island", comments Gabriele Treu, one of the lead authors of the study. <br /><br />As it turned out, the observed high mercury demonstrated a tight association with feeding ecology and geographical distribution of the foxes.</p>
<p><br />In terms of conservation and long term population health for the entire arctic food chain of carnivores, mercury pollution must be stopped.</p>
<p><br />the paper is found here:<br /><a href="http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060879" target="_blank">http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060879 </a></p>
<p><br />Publication:<br />Bocharova N, Treu G, Czirj&aacute;k G&Aacute;, Krone O, Stefanski V, Wibbelt G, Unnsteinsd&oacute;ttir ER, Hersteinsson P, Schares G, Doronina L, Goltsman M, Greenwood AD (2013): Correlates between Feeding Ecology and Mercury Levels in Historical and Modern Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus). PLOS ONE 8(5): e60879. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060879</p>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ný grein: kvikasilfursmengun ógnar melrökkum viđ sjávarsíđuna]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[<strong>&THORN;&uacute; ert &thorn;a&eth; (og &thorn;ar) sem &thorn;&uacute; &eacute;tur - kvikasilfursmengun &oacute;gnar
melr&ouml;kkum vi&eth; sj&aacute;vars&iacute;&eth;una<br /><br /></strong><strong>Ni&eth;urst&ouml;&eth;ur sp&aacute;n&yacute;rrar ranns&oacute;knar s&yacute;na a&eth; melrakkar sem lifa og &eacute;ta vi&eth;
sj&aacute;vars&iacute;&eth;una innbyr&eth;a h&aelig;ttulegt magn kvikasilfurs &aacute; l&iacute;fsskei&eth;i s&iacute;nu. V&iacute;sindamenn
fr&aacute; Leibniz &iacute; &THORN;&yacute;skalandi, H&aacute;sk&oacute;lanum &iacute; Moskvu &iacute; R&uacute;sslandi og H&aacute;sk&oacute;la &Iacute;slands/Melrakkasetri
eru h&ouml;fundar greinar sem birt var &iacute; g&aelig;r &iacute; v&iacute;sindaritinu science online journal
PLOS ONE, sj&aacute;: </strong><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060879" target="_blank">http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060879</a><strong></strong><br /><br />
<strong>Ger&eth;ur var samanbur&eth;ur &aacute; &thorn;remur stofnum melrakka fr&aacute; &oacute;l&iacute;kum b&uacute;sv&aelig;&eth;um. Kvikasilfur
er eitt &thorn;eirra efna sem safnast upp &iacute; f&aelig;&eth;uke&eth;junni og v&iacute;sindamennirnir athugu&eth;u
&thorn;v&iacute; uppruna f&aelig;&eth;unnar sem refirnir voru a&eth; &eacute;ta. Refirnir &aacute; hinni r&uacute;ssnesku Commander
eyju vi&eth; Mednyi eyjaklasann lifa n&aelig;r eing&ouml;ngu &aacute; sj&oacute;fuglum og selshr&aelig;jum. &Aacute; &Iacute;slandi
lifa refir vi&eth; sj&aacute;vars&iacute;&eth;una a&eth; mestu &aacute; sj&oacute;fugli og &ouml;&eth;rum hafr&aelig;num f&aelig;&eth;utegundum.
</strong><strong>Innanlands lifa refir a&eth; mestu &aacute; nagd&yacute;rum og fugli af landr&aelig;num
uppruna. Mismunandi magn kvikasilfurs fannst &iacute; s&yacute;num af &thorn;essum &thorn;remur b&uacute;sv&aelig;&eth;um.
Miki&eth; magn kvikasilfurs m&aelig;ldist &iacute; refum sem lifa &aacute; hafr&aelig;nni f&aelig;&eth;u, b&aelig;&eth;i &aacute;
&Iacute;slandi og Mednyi. <br /></strong>
<strong>V&iacute;sindamennirnir sko&eth;u&eth;u feldi af melr&ouml;kkum sem h&ouml;f&eth;u veri&eth; veiddir &aacute;
Commander eyju fr&aacute; fyrri t&iacute;mum &nbsp;og voru
til &aacute; s&ouml;fnum. Ni&eth;urst&ouml;&eth;ur m&aelig;linga s&yacute;ndu a&eth; refirnir h&ouml;f&eth;u einnig miki&eth; magn
kvikasilfurs &aacute; &aacute;rum &aacute;&eth;ur. Jafnframt var s&yacute;nt fram &aacute; a&eth; kvikasilfri&eth; var
uppruni&eth; &uacute;r f&aelig;&eth;u refanna enda fannst miki&eth; magn kvikasilfurs &iacute; selum og
sj&oacute;fuglum &aacute; ranns&oacute;knasv&aelig;&eth;inu.<br /></strong>
<strong>Hinsvegar vakti athygli a&eth; l&iacute;ti&eth; magn kvikasilfurs m&aelig;ldist &iacute; refum sem
veiddir voru inn til landsins &aacute; &Iacute;slandi. F&aelig;&eth;a refa sem b&uacute;a inn til landsins
veldur &thorn;eim &thorn;v&iacute; ekki kvikasilfursmengun l&iacute;kt og gerist vi&eth; str&ouml;ndina.&nbsp; &THORN;etta g&aelig;ti skipt m&aacute;li fyrir heilbrig&eth;i og
vi&eth;gang stofnsins og tegundarinnar &thorn;ar sem st&aelig;rsti hluti vestur Evr&oacute;pustofnsins
er &aacute; &Iacute;slandi. <br /></strong>
<strong>Refirnir &aacute; Mednyi b&uacute;a ekki vi&eth; sl&iacute;k g&aelig;&eth;i a&eth; hafa a&eth;gang a&eth; f&aelig;&eth;u sem
ekki er a&eth; hafr&aelig;num uppruna, &thorn;ar er eing&ouml;ngu frambo&eth; &aacute; sj&aacute;vartengdri f&aelig;&eth;u. &Aacute; &thorn;essu
sv&aelig;&eth;i var&eth; einmitt alvarlegt hrun &iacute; stofninum fyrir 3-4 &aacute;ratugum. &THORN;&oacute; stofninn s&eacute;
tilt&ouml;lulega st&ouml;&eth;ugur &iacute; dag er hann afar f&aacute;li&eth;a&eth;ur og l&iacute;fsl&iacute;kur yr&eth;linga og
ungra d&yacute;ra l&aacute;gar. B&aelig;&eth;i ungir og eldri refir eru &iacute; undirvigt og hafa gisinn og
l&eacute;legan feld. <br /></strong>
<strong><br />Alex Greenwood, lei&eth;togi ranns&oacute;knarinnar segir svo fr&aacute;: "&THORN;egar vi&eth;
h&oacute;fum &thorn;essa ranns&oacute;kn h&eacute;ldum vi&eth; a&eth; ors&ouml;k &thorn;ess hve refirnir &aacute; Mednyi v&aelig;ru &iacute;
svona l&eacute;legu &aacute;standi v&aelig;ri s&yacute;king sem hef&eth;i borist til eyjanna af mannav&ouml;ldum. Vi&eth;
fundum &thorn;&oacute; engar v&iacute;sbendingar um neitt sl&iacute;kt &thorn;r&aacute;tt fyrir nokku&eth; n&aacute;kv&aelig;ma athugun".
<br />Upp fr&aacute; &thorn;v&iacute; f&oacute;r v&iacute;sindamennina a&eth; gruna a&eth; eitthva&eth; anna&eth; v&aelig;ri &aacute; fer&eth;inni sem
orsaka&eth;i hi&eth; l&eacute;lega l&iacute;kams&aacute;stand refanna. <br /><br />"Ef &thorn;etta var ekki s&yacute;king, g&aelig;ti &thorn;etta
kannski veri&eth; af v&ouml;ldum einhvers konar mengunar. Okkur datt strax &iacute; hug
kvikasilfur &thorn;v&iacute; vita&eth; er a&eth; &thorn;a&eth; hefur fundist &iacute; miklu magni &iacute; &ouml;&eth;rum hryggd&yacute;rum,
jafnvel &aacute; mj&ouml;g einangru&eth;um sv&aelig;&eth;um nor&eth;ur heimskautsins. Einnig er &thorn;a&eth; &thorn;ekkt a&eth; kvikasilfursmengun
eykur d&aacute;nart&iacute;&eth;ni hj&aacute; spend&yacute;rum. &THORN;ar sem kvikasilfur hefur svo sl&aelig;m &aacute;hrif &aacute;
heilsufar, s&eacute;r &iacute; lagi hj&aacute; ungum einstaklingum, &nbsp;og vegna &thorn;ess a&eth; refirnir &aacute; Mednyi lifa
eing&ouml;ngu &aacute; sj&aacute;vartengdri f&aelig;&eth;u sem okkur gruna&eth;i a&eth; &nbsp;innih&eacute;ldi kvikasilfur, vildum vi&eth; sj&aacute;
samhengi&eth; milli f&aelig;&eth;unnar og kvikasilfursmagnsins og &aacute;hrifum &thorn;ess &aacute; vistfr&aelig;&eth;i
&thorn;essara d&yacute;ra. Meginvi&eth;fangsefni &thorn;essarar ranns&oacute;knar var &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; meta hvort
kvikasilfursmengun &uacute;r f&aelig;&eth;u refanna geti veri&eth; megin ors&ouml;k &thorn;ess a&eth; t&oacute;fustofninn &aacute;
Mednyi eyjum hrundi &aacute; s&iacute;num t&iacute;ma", segir Gabriele Treo, annar lei&eth;andi
v&iacute;sindama&eth;ur ranns&oacute;knarinnar. <br /></strong>
<strong><br />Ranns&oacute;knin leiddi s&iacute;&eth;an &iacute; lj&oacute;s a&eth; samband var &aacute; milli kvikasilfurmagnsins
og f&aelig;&eth;uvistfr&aelig;&eth;i og landfr&aelig;&eth;ilega &uacute;tbrei&eth;slu tegundarinnar.</strong>
<strong>Ni&eth;urst&ouml;&eth;ur &thorn;essarar ranns&oacute;knar s&yacute;na fram &aacute; a&eth; &iacute;treka &thorn;arf kr&ouml;funa um
a&eth; st&ouml;&eth;va frekari kvikasilfursmengun &iacute; hafinu, s&eacute;r &iacute; lagi vegna neikv&aelig;&eth;ra &aacute;hrifa
hennar &aacute; &thorn;&aacute; r&aacute;nd&yacute;rastofna sem skipa efstu s&aelig;tin &iacute; f&aelig;&eth;uke&eth;ju nor&eth;urskautsins.</strong>
 
         
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      <title><![CDATA[Mikki og melrakkarnir & Gaggađ í grjótinu 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/leiksyningar/Mikki_og_melrakkarnir_Gaggad_i_grjotinu_2012</link>
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      	<![CDATA[<strong><span style="color: #000080;">Mikki og melrakkarnir - br&uacute;&eth;uleiks&yacute;ning<br /></span></strong><br />Mikki refur er rau&eth;refur fr&aacute; H&aacute;lsask&oacute;gi &iacute; Noregi. Hann er fr&aelig;gur og fallegur og veit vel af &thorn;v&iacute;. &THORN;egar Mikki kemur &iacute; heims&oacute;kn &iacute; Melrakkasetri&eth; hittir hann fyrir vestfirskar t&oacute;fur, &thorn;au M&oacute;ra og Mjallhv&iacute;ti. &THORN;au spjalla saman og kynnast l&iacute;fi hvors annars en rau&eth;refir og t&oacute;fur geta l&aelig;rt margt hvort af &ouml;&eth;ru. &THORN;a&eth; gengur &yacute;mislegt &aacute; hj&aacute; Mikka og melr&ouml;kkunum og gaman a&eth; fylgjast me&eth; &thorn;eim eina dagsstund.&nbsp;<br />Leikstj&oacute;ri er Elfar Logi Hannesson. Handrit, leikmynd og br&uacute;&eth;ur eru eftir &Aacute;stu &THORN;&oacute;risd&oacute;ttur og Lilju &aacute; Drangsnesi. Menningarr&aacute;&eth; Vestfjar&eth;a veitti styrk til verkefnisins.&nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Leiks&yacute;ningin Mikki og melrakkarnir ver&eth;ur frums&yacute;nd &aacute; afm&aelig;li Melrakkasetursins sem haldi&eth; ver&eth;ur h&aacute;t&iacute;&eth;legt laugardaginn 16. j&uacute;n&iacute;.&nbsp;Mikki og melrakkarnir ver&eth;a s&iacute;&eth;an &aacute; loftinu um helgar &iacute; sumar - n&aacute;nar augl&yacute;st s&iacute;&eth;ar.<br /></strong><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><br />Gagga&eth; &iacute; Grj&oacute;tinu - einleikur<br /></strong></span><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; 2010<br /><br /> <br />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>
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      	<![CDATA[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 />
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<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>
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<div><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[Sumariđ hefst í setrinu]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/frettir/Sumarid_hefst_i_setrinu</link>
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      	<![CDATA[N&uacute; h&ouml;fum vi&eth; opi&eth; &aacute; setrinu &aacute; hverjum degi.&nbsp; Vi&eth; h&ouml;fum opi&eth; fr&aacute; 10-17 &aacute; safninu og &aacute; kaffih&uacute;sinu.&nbsp; <br />&Aacute; kaffih&uacute;sinu ver&eth;um vi&eth; me&eth; orkumikla gr&aelig;nmetiss&uacute;pu og n&yacute;baka&eth; brau&eth; &iacute; h&aacute;deginu, 1000 kr. <br />Vi&eth; t&ouml;kum fagnandi &aacute; m&oacute;ti h&oacute;pum, fundahaldi &aacute; loftinu og vettfangsfer&eth;um endilega b&oacute;ki&eth; ykkur &iacute; s&iacute;ma 8628219.<br /><img style="float: right;" src="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151536181049028&amp;set=a.10151536180929028.1073741830.60918329027&amp;type=1&amp;theater" alt="" />]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sumarstarf í Melrakkasetri]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[Velfer&eth;ar&aacute;&eth;uneyti&eth; og Vinnum&aacute;lastofnun standa fyrir &aacute;taksverkefni til a&eth; fj&ouml;lga sumarst&ouml;rfum fyrir n&aacute;msmenn &aacute; vegum stofnana r&iacute;kisins og sveitarf&eacute;laga. Skilyr&eth;i fyrir r&aacute;&eth;ningu n&aacute;msmanna er a&eth; &thorn;eir s&eacute;u &aacute; milli anna &iacute; n&aacute;mi. <br />Melrakkasetri&eth; tekur &thorn;&aacute;tt &iacute; &thorn;essu verkefni og &oacute;skar eftir sumarstarfsm&ouml;nnum sem uppfylla &thorn;essi skilyr&eth;i.<br />
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<p>Starfsl&yacute;sing: <br />&Aacute;framhaldandi &thorn;r&oacute;un og uppbygging n&aacute;tt&uacute;ru og menningartengdrar fer&eth;a&thorn;j&oacute;nustu &iacute; Melrakkasetri &iacute; Eyardal. Fj&ouml;lbreytt starf &iacute; bo&eth;i vi&eth; uppbyggingu uppl&yacute;singami&eth;st&ouml;&eth;var, endurn&yacute;jun efnis, uppr&ouml;&eth;un, umhir&eth;u og framsetningu muna &aacute; s&yacute;ningu. Lei&eth;s&ouml;gn um s&yacute;ningu og m&oacute;ttaka innlendra sem og erlendra fer&eth;amanna. &THORN;&aacute;tttaka &iacute; a&eth; &thorn;r&oacute;a, skipuleggja og framkv&aelig;ma vi&eth;bur&eth;i og barnalei&eth;s&ouml;gn. Framlei&eth;sla og afgrei&eth;sla &aacute; handverki og heimilislegu morgunver&eth;ar- og kaffibor&eth;i, sem og &thorn;rif og umsj&oacute;n. &THORN;r&oacute;un og framkv&aelig;md umhverfis- og samf&eacute;lagsstefnu, a&eth;l&ouml;gun a&eth; VAKA vottunarkerfi. S&iacute;msv&ouml;run, birg&eth;ahald, b&oacute;kun &aacute; sal og leiks&yacute;ningum, ger&eth; augl&yacute;singa, l&eacute;tt b&oacute;khald og a&eth;sto&eth; vi&eth; heimas&iacute;&eth;u &aacute;samt &ouml;&eth;ru tilfallandi.  S&ouml;fnun og mi&eth;lun uppl&yacute;singa um frambo&eth; fer&eth;a&thorn;j&oacute;nustu &iacute; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;kurhreppi skv. samningi um sv&aelig;&eth;isbundna uppl&yacute;singami&eth;st&ouml;&eth;.</p>
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<p>H&aelig;fniskr&ouml;fur: <br />Fj&ouml;lh&aelig;fni og j&aacute;kv&aelig;&eth;ni. &Aacute;hugi, f&aelig;rni og reynsla af fer&eth;a&thorn;j&oacute;nustu. &THORN;ekking og &aacute;hugi &aacute; menningu, n&aacute;tt&uacute;ru og villtu d&yacute;ral&iacute;fi, g&oacute;&eth; &iacute;slensku, ensku- og helst &thorn;&yacute;skukunn&aacute;tta, h&aelig;fni &iacute; samskiptum og vilji til a&eth; mi&eth;la &thorn;ekkingu, h&aelig;fileiki til a&eth; sinna fj&ouml;lbreyttum verkefnum, l&aacute;gmarksaldur 20 &aacute;r, &thorn;ekking &aacute; t&ouml;lvuvinnu og lj&oacute;smyndun. Kunn&aacute;tta &iacute; eldh&uacute;si, bakstur og framrei&eth;sla matv&aelig;la og drykkja, vandvirkni og &thorn;rifni. A&eth;rir kostir: &aacute;rei&eth;anleiki, sveigjanleiki, l&iacute;fsgle&eth;i, vinnusemi og stundv&iacute;si, b&iacute;lpr&oacute;f.<br />Athugi&eth; a&eth; Melrakkasetri&eth; er reyklaus vinnusta&eth;ur.</p>
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<p>R&aacute;&eth;ningat&iacute;mi: <br />R&aacute;&eth;ningart&iacute;minn eru &thorn;r&iacute;r m&aacute;nu&eth;ir: j&uacute;n&iacute; - &aacute;g&uacute;st 2013. Vinnut&iacute;mi getur veri&eth; sveigjanlegur og unni&eth; er &aacute; v&ouml;ktum. Opnunart&iacute;mi er fr&aacute; 9 til 22 alla daga. Laun eru greidd skv. kjarasamningi afgrei&eth;sluf&oacute;lks &aacute; gisti og veitingast&ouml;&eth;um, sj&aacute; uppl. &aacute; heimas&iacute;&eth;u Verkal&yacute;&eth;sf&eacute;lags Vestfjar&eth;a: www.verkvest.is. &Iacute; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;k er verslun, p&oacute;sth&uacute;s, bens&iacute;nst&ouml;&eth; og banka&thorn;j&oacute;nusta. Auk &thorn;ess fj&ouml;lskyldugar&eth;urinn Raggagar&eth;ur. M&ouml;guleiki er a&eth; &uacute;tvega leiguh&uacute;sn&aelig;&eth;i &aacute; sanngj&ouml;rnu ver&eth;i. &Iacute;safj&ouml;r&eth;ur er &iacute; 20 km fjarl&aelig;g&eth; og eru r&uacute;tufer&eth;ir &aacute; milli &thorn;risvar &aacute; dag.</p>
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<p><strong>Ums&oacute;knarfrestur er til 10. ma&iacute; 2013. Ums&oacute;knum skal skila rafr&aelig;nt me&eth; t&ouml;lvup&oacute;sti &iacute; netfangi&eth;: melrakki@melrakki.is.</strong> Ferilskr&aacute; fylgi me&eth; ums&oacute;kninni.</p>
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<p>Stefnt er a&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; lj&uacute;ka r&aacute;&eth;ningum um mi&eth;jan ma&iacute;. Starfi&eth; hefst 1. j&uacute;n&iacute; en getur hafist fyrr. &Ouml;llum ums&oacute;knum ver&eth;ur svara&eth;.</p>
<p>Ester Rut Unnsteinsd&oacute;ttir, forst&ouml;&eth;uma&eth;ur</p>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vantar ţig sćti ?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/frettir/Vantar_thig_saeti_</link>
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      	<![CDATA[S&iacute;&eth;astli&eth;inn vetur var h&uacute;si&eth; m&aacute;la&eth; og gert f&iacute;nt &iacute; Eyrardal og af &thorn;v&iacute; tilefni keyptum vi&eth; 40 st&oacute;la &aacute; vi&eth;bur&eth;arlofti&eth;. Vi&eth; bu&eth;um velunnurum okkar a&eth; "tryggja s&eacute;r s&aelig;ti" me&eth; &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; kaupa merktan st&oacute;l &aacute; lofti&eth;. Penninn &aacute;kva&eth; a&eth; sty&eth;ja Melrakkasetri&eth; me&eth; 25% framlagi fyrir hvern st&oacute;l sem keyptur var. Allir st&oacute;larnir seldust og n&uacute;na er b&uacute;i&eth; a&eth; merkja &thorn;&aacute; alla me&eth; &thorn;eim n&ouml;fnum sem kaupendur b&aacute;&eth;u um. <br /><br />Margir hafa teki&eth; eftir n&ouml;fnum &aacute; st&oacute;lunum &aacute; loftinu hj&aacute; okkur og framtaki&eth; hefur almennt veri&eth; lofa&eth; &iacute; h&aacute;stert. &THORN;etta eru l&iacute;ka svo flottir og &thorn;&aelig;gilegir st&oacute;lar og Penninn f&aelig;r hei&eth;urinn af &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; r&iacute;&eth;a &aacute; va&eth;i&eth; - &aacute;samt &ouml;llu &thorn;v&iacute; f&oacute;lki sem fj&aacute;rfesti &iacute; s&aelig;ti &aacute; loftinu okkar. <br /><br />N&uacute; vantar st&oacute;la &iacute; kaffih&uacute;si&eth; og &thorn;ar ver&eth;a vonandi br&aacute;&eth;um forl&aacute;ta &iacute;slenskir st&oacute;lar fr&aacute; S&oacute;l&oacute;h&uacute;sg&ouml;gn (www.solo.is). &THORN;eir ver&eth;a au&eth;vita&eth; til s&ouml;lu eins og &thorn;eir sem f&oacute;ru &aacute; lofti&eth;. Ef einhver s&aacute; eftir &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; hafa ekki tryggt s&eacute;r s&aelig;ti, e&eth;a langar a&eth; eiga s&aelig;ti b&aelig;&eth;i uppi og ni&eth;ri, &thorn;&aacute; er h&aelig;gt a&eth; panta s&eacute;r st&oacute;l. <strong>Ver&eth;i&eth; er kr. 20.000,- fyrir st&oacute;linn</strong> sem ver&eth;ur &aacute;prenta&eth;ur me&eth; nafni sem kaupandi velur. N&uacute; eru a&eth;eins 16 st&oacute;lar &iacute; bo&eth;i og um a&eth; gera a&eth; n&aacute; s&eacute;r &iacute; besta s&aelig;ti&eth;.<br />&nbsp;<br />H&aelig;gt er a&eth; leggja andvir&eth;i st&oacute;lsins inn &aacute; J&ouml;nusj&oacute;&eth; Melrakkasetursins og senda tilkynninguna &bdquo;st&oacute;ll" &aacute; netfangi&eth;: melrakki@melrakki.is - og taki&eth; fram hverjum st&oacute;llinn &aacute; a&eth; vera merktur.<br />Reikningsn&uacute;mer: 0154 - 15 - 250394. Kennitala: 660907-1060. Upph&aelig;&eth;: kr. 20.000,-<br /><br />&THORN;egar greitt hefur veri&eth; fyrir st&oacute;linn ver&eth;ur hann merktur gefanda sem &thorn;ar me&eth; &aacute; &bdquo;tryggt s&aelig;ti" &aacute; Rebbakaffi. A&eth; auki fylgir gjafabr&eacute;f &aacute; s&yacute;ningu Melrakkasetursins og veitingar &iacute; Rebbakaffi.<br /><br />Veri&eth; velkomin &iacute; Eyrardal og takk fyrir stu&eth;ninginn :-)<br />
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<p>melrakkarnir</p>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Má bjóđa ţér sćti - aftur ?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.melrakkasetur.is/frettir/Ma_bjoda_ther_saeti_-_aftur_</link>
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      	<![CDATA[N&uacute; hikar sumari&eth; vi&eth; a&eth; heims&aelig;kja okkur hinga&eth; &iacute; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;k en samt sem &aacute;&eth;ur erum vi&eth; komin &iacute; vorverkin, heldur betur. Vi&eth; h&ouml;fum n&aacute;nast loki&eth; vi&eth; a&eth; handsauma n&ouml;fn &iacute; alla st&oacute;lana sem seldust &aacute; lofti&eth; &iacute; fyrra. &THORN;&aelig;r Genka, Dagbj&ouml;rt, Anna El&iacute;sa, Ragnhildur, Mekk&iacute;n og Herd&iacute;s Mj&ouml;ll hafa allar teki&eth; upp n&aacute;lina og sauma&eth; n&ouml;fn. <br />Margir hafa teki&eth; eftir n&ouml;fnunum &aacute; st&oacute;lunum og framtaki&eth; almennt lofa&eth; &iacute; h&aacute;stert. &THORN;etta eru l&iacute;ka svo flottir og &thorn;&aelig;gilegir st&oacute;lar og Penninn f&aelig;r hei&eth;urinn af &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; r&iacute;&eth;a &aacute; va&eth;i&eth; - &aacute;samt &ouml;llu &thorn;v&iacute; f&oacute;lki sem fj&aacute;rfesti &iacute; s&aelig;ti &aacute; loftinu okkar.<br /><br />N&uacute; er b&uacute;i&eth; a&eth; panta st&oacute;la &iacute; kaffih&uacute;si&eth; og &thorn;ar ver&eth;a forl&aacute;ta &iacute;slenskir st&oacute;lar fr&aacute; S&oacute;l&oacute;h&uacute;sg&ouml;gn (<a href="http://www.solo.is" target="_blank">www.solo.is</a>). &THORN;eir eru hv&iacute;tir og ver&eth;a au&eth;vita&eth; til s&ouml;lu eins og &thorn;eir sem f&oacute;ru &aacute; lofti&eth;. <strong>Ef einhver s&aacute; eftir &thorn;v&iacute; a&eth; hafa ekki tryggt s&eacute;r s&aelig;ti, e&eth;a langar a&eth; eiga s&aelig;ti b&aelig;&eth;i uppi og ni&eth;ri, &thorn;&aacute; er h&aelig;gt a&eth; panta s&eacute;r st&oacute;l. Ver&eth;i&eth; er kr. 20.000,-  fyrir st&oacute;linn</strong> sem ver&eth;ur &aacute;prenta&eth;ur me&eth; nafni sem kaupandi velur. N&uacute; eru a&eth;eins 16 st&oacute;lar &iacute; bo&eth;i og um a&eth; gera a&eth; n&aacute; s&eacute;r &iacute; besta s&aelig;ti&eth;. &THORN;ar sem st&oacute;larnir eru &iacute;slensk sm&iacute;&eth; er ver&eth;i&eth; h&aelig;rra en &aacute; hinum influttu st&oacute;lum sem f&oacute;ru &aacute; lofti&eth;. &THORN;essir eru l&iacute;ka ni&eth;ri &thorn;ar sem langflestir gestir okkar geta s&eacute;&eth; &thorn;&aacute;. Vi&eth; hvetjum alla sem eiga aur &iacute; buddunni a&eth; sty&eth;ja okkur &iacute; &thorn;essu m&aacute;li og tryggja s&eacute;r besta s&aelig;ti&eth; &iacute; Rebbakaffi. Eins geta h&oacute;par e&eth;a fj&ouml;lskylda sameinast um einn st&oacute;l og merkt s&eacute;r. Hafi&eth; samband &iacute; melrakki[@]melrakki.is og tryggi&eth; ykkur s&aelig;ti. Eins og &aacute;&eth;ur er &thorn;a&eth; J&ouml;nusj&oacute;&eth;ur sem styrkir st&oacute;lakaupin og vi&eth; erum &thorn;ess fullviss a&eth; Jana heitin hef&eth;i haft gaman a&eth; &thorn;essu framtaki.<br /><br />&THORN;a&eth; eru fleiri en <strong>Penninn</strong> og <strong>S&oacute;l&oacute;h&uacute;sg&ouml;gn</strong> sem leggja setrinu li&eth;. S&aelig;lg&aelig;tisger&eth;in <strong>G&oacute;a</strong> sendi okkur &aacute;tta stykki p&aacute;skaegg af st&aelig;rri ger&eth;inni &thorn;egar okkur vanta&eth;i efnivi&eth; &iacute; leitina miklu &aacute; p&aacute;skadag. Vi&eth; erum &thorn;akkl&aacute;t fyrir stu&eth;ninginn enda lj&uacute;ft a&eth; eiga g&oacute;&eth;a vini &iacute; baklandinu. &THORN;ess ber a&eth; geta a&eth; p&aacute;skaeggjaleitin f&oacute;r vel fram, v&iacute;sbendingar voru vel faldar a&eth; venju og st&oacute;&eth;u b&ouml;rnin sig mj&ouml;g vel &iacute; a&eth; l&aacute;ta foreldra s&iacute;na ganga holti&eth; og n&aelig;sta n&aacute;grenni, &aacute; kafi &iacute; snj&oacute; &aacute; k&ouml;flum. &THORN;etta var hin mesta skemmtun og gott a&eth; setjast ni&eth;ur me&eth; kaffi og v&ouml;fflu e&eth;a m&aacute;la &aacute; nokkra steina milli &thorn;ess sem leita&eth; var.<br /> <br />N&uacute; hefur Melrakkasetri&eth; gert <strong>samning vi&eth; S&uacute;&eth;av&iacute;kurhrepp um a&eth; starfr&aelig;kja sv&aelig;&eth;isbundna uppl&yacute;singami&eth;st&ouml;&eth;</strong>. Setri&eth; ver&eth;ur opi&eth; 9 - 22 alla daga &iacute; j&uacute;n&iacute;, j&uacute;l&iacute; og &aacute;g&uacute;st og &thorn;ar ver&eth;ur h&aelig;gt a&eth; f&aacute; uppl&yacute;singar um gistingu, veitingasta&eth;i og af&thorn;reyingu innan hreppsins og v&iacute;&eth;ar. &THORN;anga&eth; til er opi&eth; eftir samkomulagi og er yfirleitt einhver vi&eth; fr&aacute; 10 - 17 en annars er h&aelig;gt a&eth; hringja og f&aacute; afgrei&eth;slu. <br /><br />Eins og &aacute;&eth;ur er Eyrardalur til rei&eth;u fyrir allskonar upp&aacute;komur og skemmtilegheit. Ef &thorn;i&eth; f&aacute;i&eth; hugmynd a&eth; vi&eth;bur&eth;i, hafi&eth; samband og athugi&eth; hvort ekki s&eacute; h&aelig;gt a&eth; framkv&aelig;ma hugmyndina. Frumkv&aelig;&eth;i heimamanna er best, allir eiga a&eth; geta skemmt s&eacute;r saman &iacute; Eyrardal.<br /><br />Vi&eth; munum flj&oacute;tlega augl&yacute;sa eftir starfsf&oacute;lki sem getur unni&eth; &ouml;ll &thorn;au fj&ouml;lbreyttu verk sem &thorn;arf a&eth; sinna &iacute; Melrakkasetrinu n&aelig;sta sumar. Fylgist me&eth; fr&eacute;ttum &aacute; s&iacute;&eth;unni okkar.<br /><br />&bdquo;gle&eth;ilegt sumar"<br />melrakkarnir<br /> <br />]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Volunteering this summer ?]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[We have now listed up the projects awailable for next summer - those who have already applied should apply again (melrakki[@]melrakki.is)&nbsp;and your "old" application will give you a priority status on the schedule ! <br /><br />
<p>- please find information about the <a href="http://www.melrakki.is/volunteering/">volunteering</a> program, requirements and availability here</p>
<p>- hope to be able to offer a lot of volunteers some work ..</p>
<p> <br />For all volunteers:</p>
<p>The Arctic Fox Centre is a small, non-to-be-profit organization which relies on grant, access fee and caf&eacute; visitors as income to run the project. The Centre promotes and participates in researching and developing sustainable wildlife tourism in Westfjords. <br />We also run a nice visiting centre, district information centre, event house and a caf&eacute;. We grow our own vegetables and all served dishes are home made so many hands are needed to keep the role of our program. We have two little orphan arctic fox cubs at the centre and we conduct studies on foxes and tourist in the remote peninsula of Hornstrandir as well as a little peninsula of Hestur nearby. Two main events; our anniversary on June 9th and Blueberry festival in August 16th - 18th call for many helpers who like having fun with all the people who come and enjoy this weekend with us. The summer is a busy period and there is always need for helping hands in whatever you are good in: writing, photographing, guiding, serving, baking, cooking, decorating, cleaning, indoor, outdoor .... endless opportunities for clever people with independent skills and ideas..<br /><br />We do not have any accommodation available at the centre. However, we offer free usage of the local camping place, ca 800m away from the centre. We offer a free soup and bread and nice coffee for our volunteers and there is a small grocery shop in the village. We work by spontaneous schedule on the volunteering process at the centre - meaning that independent volunteers with various skills can find themselves many useful things to do. For those who want to stay longer periods, we have access to apartment that can be shared with others for low budget.</p>
<p>More information about the projects are on the schedule</p>
<p><br />we thank you for your interest and look forward to see you at the centre<br /><br />Ester and the other foxes&nbsp;</p>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Easter !]]></title>
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      	<![CDATA[The Arctic Fox Centre is open during the Easter, from Thursday to Monday from 12 - 18<br /><br />We have traditional caf&eacute; menu, newbaked waffles with cream and blueberry jam, hot chocolate etc..<br />Pasta for those who want something more solid ..<br /><br />cozy atmosphere, Arctic Fox Exhibition, wi-fi hotspot, nice to hang ..<br /><br />see you on Aldrei ",*<br /><br />the foxes.....]]>
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