Whale swims just off capital coastline

A humpback whale went swimming in the sea just off Reykjavík's coastline between Sólfarið and Harpa yesterday, attracting considerable attention. Katrín Georgsdóttir, environmental and quality manager at Elding whale-watching company, says whales do sometimes come this close to shore, but it is not common. Elding keeps a whale diary, and when the company's experts compare photographs later today,…