Our group going out on a whale watching trip from Dalvik

Church in Dalvik

Dalvik harbor after the sun came out

The crew cooked up the fish that were caught during the trip

Come and get it!

Farmland on way to Siglufjordur

Buildings in Siglufjordur that house restaurants.

Fred joins some wooden men.

Carvings up close

The Herring Era Museum

Siglufjordur is Iceland's northernmost town and was the capital of the North Atlantic's herring industry. During the 20's-50's, this was a major industry in Iceland and herring was considered Iceland's Gold Rush.

In the various museum buildings, the glory days of Iceland's herring fisheries and industry are brought back to life.

Entering the museum. This building was formerly the salting station.

Millions of tons of herring were handled by workers in an assembly line fashion, cutting off heads and putting them in salt barrels for shipment all over the world.

Barbara stands beside the remains of the assembly line.

Salt barrels

View from museum

This housed the factory

The Cooker where herring was cooked into mash that was used for fertilizer and feed.

This was the boathouse and contains some of the boats used to fish herring

Church in Siglufjordur

Harbor in Siglufjordur

Kathleen tests the wind velocity