Hurtigruten Foundation Invites Sustainability-Focused and Environmentally Conscious Non-Profits and Projects to Apply for New Grant Opportunities

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Apply by 1 November 2024! The Hurtigruten foundation is calling for applications to their grant program. Hurtigruten Foundation support initiatives and projects within the following three areas: Preserving endangered species and wildlife Battling plastic waste and marine litter Supporting local communities in the areas where we operate The foundation welcome applications from any organisation undertaking projects or initiatives concerned with the areas above and in destinations where Hurtigruten operate. Hurtigruten Group currently operates in Alaska, Antarctica, Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage, Argentina, the British Isles, the Caribbean, Chile, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, the Falkland Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Svalbard, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. Please see our guidelines and application form in link. Send your application to hurtigruten.foundation@hurtigruten.com.  Since launching, the foundation has backed more than 150 projects in 23 countries , with more than 10 MNOK (1MUSD) in combined funding. Note: If you want to collaborate with Hurtigruten Expeditions on a science research project, or if your project requires using one of our vessels as platforms, please send an email with a brief outline of your project before submitting your application. Past grants from the foundation have contributed to numerous environmental protections including the preservation of over 1,000 sea turtle nests from poacthers on Boa Vista, restoration of more than 2,000 square meters of kelp forest at the north tip of Tromsøya, and the release of 3,923 endangered hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings in Panama.  The mission of the Hurtigruten Foundation is to create a lasting positive impact in places the Hurtigruten Group sails, while empowering guests to engage with the communities they visit. All costs of operating the foundation are covered by the Hurtigruten Group’s businesses, allowing all funds raised to be donated to the recipient organizations.  To learn more, visit the Hurtigruten Foundation’s website. Several previous grants provided by the Foundation have supported environmental preservation programmes, highlights include:  Safeguarding the future of Antarctic Wildlife A multi-year grant was awarded to world-renowned whale expert Dr. Ari Friedlaender and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Friedlaender and his team will be collecting tissue biopsy samples from humpback whales throughout the feeding season over a three-year period, supported by HX, who is providing berthing on Antarctica expeditions between 2024 and 2026. They will evaluate the samples to determine pregnancy rates in this population as well as stress and nutritional hormone levels. The team will then link inter-annual changes in these metrics to sea ice and krill availability, contributing to the only long-term data set measuring the impacts of climate change on Antarctic baleen whales. Their goal is to develop more meaningful conservation measures for Antarctic wildlife. Protecting fragile and precious nature on Svalbard from human impact The Foundation has been supporting beach clean-ups organized by Aktiv i Fruiluft along Svalbard’s barren coastlines and remote beaches. More than 10 tons of plastic waste and marine litter has been removed to date, and the expeditions have also saved three reindeer that had their antlers entangled in ghost fishing nets. The clean-up operations organized by Aktiv i Friluft have covered a total of 61.8 km of coastline so far, and the Hurtigruten Foundation have provided a new grant for an upcoming clean-up along Prins Karls Forland in 2024.  Re-establishing a critically endangered species With the support of Hurtigruten Foundation, the Ecuadorian NGO, Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco, has worked to protect the critically endangered Galapagós Petrel since 2021. Since the arrival of foreign predators, such as rats and feral cats, the nests of the Galápagos Petrel are being looted to such an extent that 72% fail to produce any young. However, Jocotoco's conservation work to remove non-native predators and fencing in the reserve has proven successful as the Petrel bird is finally allowed to safely nest in their burrows. During the 2021-2022 season, Jocotoco recorded 30 active nests with chicks with 22 successful fledglings, compared to 12 in 2021 and only 4 in 2020. Earlier this month CEO Martin Schaefer in Jocotoco reported that currently they have "12 chicks and another 25 pairs breeding,” which marks a new record.

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