Apply for GeoSpace group 4
Applications are now open for the 4th Iceland GeoSpace Training Program in Húsavík, taking place on November 14 and 15, 2025. The program offers free admission for selected participants through the Beverly Turner Lynds...
Author: Orly Orlyson
Exploring the Polar Regions with Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña
The Polar Regions are some of the most extreme and fascinating places on Earth, offering invaluable insights into our planet’s climate system. In this inspiring talk on the Polar Routes YouTube channel, glaciologist and...
The Exploration Museum Announces the Beverly Turner Lynds Memorial Scholarship for Young Women in STEM
Húsavík, Iceland – November 19, 2024 – The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland, is proud to announce the establishment of the Beverly Turner Lynds Memorial Scholarship, a new program to empower and support young women...
Explorers Festival Film Submissions
The Explorers Festival will take place in Húsavík from November 6 to 10, 2024. This is the 10th edition of the festival and the third year that we have a Film Festival as part...
Expedition News celebrates its 30th anniversary
The latest issue of Expedition News, published by Blumenfeld & Associates, celebrates its 30th anniversary with stories of remarkable expeditions and achievements: For full stories and more inspiring expeditions, read the latest issue of...
10th Explorers Festival
The Explorers Festival in Húsavík, Iceland, celebrates its 10th edition from November 6-10, 2024, with the theme EARTHRISE, honoring the impact of space exploration on Earth. Highlights include the GeoSpace student training program, a...
Exploration Icons Honored at the 9th Leif Erikson Awards
In a celestial celebration of human ingenuity and exploration, the 9th Leif Erikson Awards have crowned their laureates, underscoring remarkable contributions to space exploration and scientific achievement. Húsavík’s Exploration Museum annually bestows these accolades...
Amelia Rose Earhart joins board of The Exploration Museum
Aviatrix, adventurer, around the world pilot and a great friend of the Exploration Museum, Amelia Rose Earhart, has joined the board of the Exploration Museum. She joins the board of our new US based...
2015 Leif Erikson Exploration Awards
American Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Australian around the world sailor Jessica Watson and British exploration historian Dr. Huw Lewis-Jones have been awarded the Leif Erikson Exploration Awards by The Exploration Museum. The museum...
Apollo astronauts revisit training area in Iceland and explore a new lava flow
Fifty years ago this month, a group of Apollo astronauts arrived in Iceland for a week of geology training. A second field trip was made in 1967. For two weeks in July 2015, astronauts...
