A walrus recently swam ashore at a beach in Flateyjardalur
valley in the northeast, which is a rather uncommon sight in
Iceland.
Vignir Sigurólason, the district veterinarian in
Thingeyjarsveit, told Morgunbladid that the animal is probably
fully grown but he couldn’t tell whether it was male or female.
According to the website
of the Icelandic Seal Center, a walrus was last spotted in Iceland
in Ófeigsfjördur
fjord in the Strandir region in the West Fjords in August 2008.
Before that a walrus was last seen at Hrafnbjörg in Arnarfjördur
fjord on the other side of the West Fjords peninsula in 2005. Iceland Review
