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The Icelandic fishing company Samherji fonds research on Strytan

Erlendur — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:23:58 +0000

The fishing company Samherji Ltd in Akureyri has funded a special project on studying and monitoring the Strytan hydrothermal vents ecosystem. Dr Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, is the protector of this research project. A group of scientist is now planning the research project. Most of the diving connected to this project will be done by Erlendur Bogason and his dive team where they will use both still and HD video cameras. They will also collect animals, algae and microorganism from the ecosystem for further research and identification. The project was initiated in beginning of January and the plan is to complete most of it in end of September.

Hreidar Thor Valtýrsson-University of Akureyri, Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson-Samherji, President of Iceland Mr Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Kristján Vilhelmsson-Samherji, Erlendur Bogason-Strytan Dive center.

Strytan-The beginning of life on Earth

Erlendur — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:38:38 +0000

My dive team. Saevor,Erlendur,Bob,Ingi,Anna,Eydís,Sesselja.

The summer of 2011 National Geographic Television came to dive and film Strytan to make TV program about the beginning of life on Earth. (See Michael Russell NASA) With National Geographic TV came Bob Ballard that is probably most famous for discovering R.M.S Titanic. My dive team assist the underwater photogrper from NGT and also took some of the underwater videos for the TV program.

Preview from a German documentary about Crackdive in Ásbyrgi and more

Erlendur — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:58:59 +0000

Preview from a German documentary about Crackdive in Ásbyrgi, Öxarfjörður and in Litla-á in northern Iceland near Husavik.

Breathtaking scenery from underwater geothermal activity. Also showing how Iceland is splitting along the spreading center of the North-Atlantic Ridge, between the North American and Eurasian Plates.

The German title is: “Tauchen in Nord-Island auf heissen Quellen”

Article about Strytan in Underwaterjournal

Erlendur — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:56:55 +0000

: Strytan in Underwaterjournal

Last year the girls at www.dykkeren.com came to dive Strytan. Carole Robin wrote a article about the dive and got it published in www.underwaterjournal.com You can read about the dive and see the pictures by download underwaterjournal for free Issue 20-2011 and the article about Strytan are on pages 47-53.

Giant Icelandic Halibut (100 kg)

Erlendur — Mon, 02 May 2011 00:49:01 +0000

Giant Icelandic Halibut

Every year the Halibut comes shallow to the cliffs of Iceland, looking for seabirds eggs falling off the cliffs, like this 100 kg Halibut.

The English steam trowler ST Honorius found in Iceland

Erlendur — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:43:42 +0000

The old farmer Sverrir that lived at Ásmundarstöðum close to Raufarhöfn showed me were the steam trowler St Honorius sailed on a rock close to his farm and sank 19.01.1933. The bottom is coverd with kelp forest and after long dive I had not found the trawler. Then I noticed the kelp forest had different color and with closer look the darker kelp grew on the steel. In the end of the dive I found St Honorius but I still have to find the propeller, steam boiler and the rest of the trowler.

The story of the two steam trowlers Sicyion an St Honorius. Sicyion was built of steel in 1906 and was 282.5 gross tonn and around 43 meters long. Sicyion left Grimsby 03.01.1933 and was going to the fishing grounds north of Iceland. In still sea and good wether Sicyion stranded at Ásmundarstaðareyri the 15.01.1933. All the 12 fishermen on board was rescued. At the same time St Honorius left Hull on his way to the fishing grounds north of Iceland. St Honorius was built of steel in 1929, 357 gross tonn and around 47 meters long. St Honorius stranded at Ásmundarstaðareyri in good wether and still sea 19.01.1933 only some 700 meters from Sicyion and four day after he stranded. All the 14 fishermen on board was rescued. You can still see the steam boiler from Sicyon on the coast but the farmer Sverrir told me nothing was ever seen of St Honorius after he sank. This two steam trowlers was both built at Messrs. Cook,Welton and Gammell of Beverley. Epidemic of Influenza broke out on board of Sicyion and both the crew of Sicyion and St Honorius was in isolation in the small fram of Ásmundarstöðum for over a month. You can find wreck report for both St Honoriu and Sicyion on the internet.

Strytan Divecenter

Erlendur — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:55:53 +0000

: Hjalteyri the small fishing village

Strytan Divecenter is renting the south part of the old herring factory in Hjalteyri that was built 1937 and at time was the largest herring factory in Europe. From Hjalteyri is only 10 min with boat to dive Strytan and Arnarnesstrytur. We will also teach most of our PADI courses at Hjalteyri.

The Octopus Yact owned by Paul Allen

Erlendur — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:11:39 +0000

Some divers travels with more style than other when they are comming to dive Strytan with me. This summer the yact Octopus owned by Paul Allen came. I went went diving with some people from Octopus at the strytan and the wreck Standard inside the harbour.

Kafað á Bláhval

Erlendur — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:24:53 +0000

Kafað á Bláhval 29. janúar 2010. Dýpi 22 metrar og staðsetning 65°41.971,-18°06.407. Skyggnið er mjög gott og sjórinn er 4°C. Köfunarfélagar voru Tommi og Gunni.

Underwater photo exhibition

Erlendur — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:32:41 +0000

Erlendur Bogason diver showed off some of his best pictures taken this year last week, from 25th – 30 september. Here below you can see the photos