Norwegian Boat Found in Vatnsflói - Snæfellsnes

On May 23, 2025 Matthías Alfreðsson found boat #5222 at Vatnsflói - Snæfellsnes, Iceland.

This was the 23rd 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 23 boats found from that deployment.

Boat Number	5222
Date Found	May 23, 2025
Place Found	Vatnsflói - Snæfellsnes, Iceland 64.7975088; -22.9402957
Found By	Matthías Alfreðsson
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