North Sailing — Schooner Opal

North Sailing opera desde Húsavík, la 'Capital de Avistamiento de Ballenas de Europa' en el noreste de Islandia, usando una flota de goletas de roble centenarias renovadas. La experiencia incluye acceso a una bañera de cubierta calentada con leña mientras los pasajeros observan ballenas jorobadas y azules. Húsavík está a 66°N y el sol de medianoche de mayo a julio permite navegar con luz solar las 24 horas.

North Sailing operates from Húsavík — the self-styled 'Whale Watching Capital of Europe' on Skjálfandaflói Bay in northeast Iceland — using a fleet of renovated traditional oak schooners. The company's signature vessel Opal is a century-old wooden schooner converted for Arctic passenger use, carrying a small number of guests on whale-watching and midnight-sun sailing expeditions in Skjálfandi Bay. The experience includes access to an on-deck wood-fired hot tub where passengers can soak in geothermally influenced water while scanning the bay for humpback, minke, and blue whales. Húsavík sits at 66°N — just south of the Arctic Circle — and the midnight sun from late May through July creates conditions for 24-hour daylight sailing. The surrounding Skjálfandaflói Bay is one of the most productive whale feeding grounds in the North Atlantic, owing to cold-water nutrient upwelling at the edge of the continental shelf. The combination of traditional sailing vessel, Arctic wildlife, geothermal hot tub, and subarctic light conditions creates an experience with no direct equivalent anywhere in the world.

North Sailing — Schooner Opalはアイスランド・Húsavík, Northeast Icelandに位置するウェルネス・地熱温泉。源泉温度は38℃の豊かな温泉水が湧き出る。泉水はアルカリ性（pH約7.5）の泉質、淡水・地熱水 — 薪で加熱を豊富に含む、総溶解固形物300 mg/Lが特徴だ。1995年創業。リラクゼーション・北極圏浸浴・野生動物との触れ合いなど多様な温浴療法が行われる。施設ではデッキの露天風呂浸浴・北極圏セーリング・水中からのホエールウォッチングなどが体験できる。