Garðar Þröstur Einarsson, head of museum education at the Whale Museum in Húsavík, recently received a grant from Scandinavia–Japan Sasakawa Foundation.
The fund's grants are awarded to strengthen ties between the Nordic countries and Japan, particularly in the fields of education, research and culture.
Garðar received the grant for his research project on a sperm whale skeleton that is on display in Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Japan.
The aim of the project is to investigate the condition, history and presentation of the skeleton, which originated in Iceland, and to compare the treatment and dissemination of whale relics in Japan and Iceland.
Garðar attended the fund's award ceremony, which took place in Edda at the University of Iceland on April 15, where the grant recipients were welcomed in the presence of Ambassador of Japan to Iceland, Mr. Keizo Takewaka.
The trip to Japan is planned for later this year, where Garðar will stay in Nagoya and work on the research in collaboration with Japanese experts.
Group photo
Garðar Þröstur receives Japan's national flower
Guðrún Nordal, Chair of the Icelandic Chapter of the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Fund
Beneficiaries listen to speeches
Mr. Keizo Takewaka, Ambassador of Japan to Iceland
Kristín Ingvarsdóttir and Garðar Þröstur both received grants
Guests are served in glasses
