Hildur, Grímur and grandpa Ómar went on a mission to look for a little sunshine in the gloomy month of February on the south east coast of Iceland. They were actually also hoping to find a boat since they had found one in Borgarfjörður Eystri in November last year. To make long story short they got everything they wished for, 20 minutes of sunshine and a boat; # 5113 from ViVite Science Center.
This was the 20th boat of the 500 that were sent to the North Pole from VilVite, Bergen Science Centre. During 2022 Float Your Boat collaborated with VilVite, a science museum in Bergen, Norway. VilVite cut and branded hundreds of wooden boats and had them decorated in various learning programs. This boat was deployed alongside its parent Arctic buoy by Le Commandant Charcot at the North Pole in summer 2022. Since May of 2023, there have now been 20 boats found from that deployment.
Boat Number | 5113 |
Date Found | February 8, 2025 |
Place Found | Papòs, the municipality of Hornafjörður, Iceland 64,29662° N, 14,91084° W |
Found By | Hildur Ýr Òmarsdóttir |
Date Deployed | July/August 2022 |
Who Deployed | Le Commandant Charcot |
Deployment Location | North Pole |
Track Taken | North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre through Fram Strait |
Decorated by | VilVite Science Center student |
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