NORA (North Atlantic Cooperation) has announced a grant of 150.000 DKK to a new research  on a new research project called Backmovers or Tilbageflyttere. The objective of this project is to look at backmovers (people that have moved back to rural areas) and find out what motives were for their migration. The reserach area covers selected rural areas in Iceland, Faroe Islands and Norway. The project is managed by The Icelandic Seal Centre and executed by Per Åke Nilsson a joint staff member of The Icelandic Seal Centre and Hólar University College. Per Åke did a similar research in Sweden in 1988.

The Icelandic Seal Centre is happy to announce that the centre did not suffer any cuts in the recently accepted budget laws for 2010. The centre's operations will therefore be similar to recent years, with further development of our research department and hopefully increased number of research students.

Like in recent years we are looking for interesting artists for our summer exhibitions. All suggestions are well appreciated ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Photo: Students from Hólar University at Illugastaðir seal watching