Dan, Alannah, Jude & “Black Ice”

Dan (13 years old), Alannah (11 years old) and Jude (8 years old) from England went out on the Láki Tours boat with their parents in February 2017. Right from the beginning of the trip the three showed great interest in the orcas and their names in the on-board ID catalogue. They would ask a lot of interesting questions that even made their parents wonder, and got really excited when they were allowed to name an orca from the catalogue. Their decision to name orca male SN150 was followed by a heated debate on the name, while they were sitting next to the captain in the wheelhouse. In the first hour of the trip, the kids changed the name over and over again, until they finally agreed on Dan’s suggestion “Black Ice”, which seems just apt for an orca in Iceland. Later on during their tour, they got to see a group of white-beaked dolphins that approached the boat and swam beside them – and the hot chocolate given out was definitely a highlight, too!