Leif Erikson Awards

rdf:langString Leif Erikson Awards

rdf:langString Leif Erikson Awards

rdf:langString Leif Erikson Awards

rdf:langString The Exploration Awards

rdf:langString achievements in exploration and for work in the field of exploration history.

rdf:langString Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt receives the 2015 Leif Erikson award from Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland.

rdf:langString The Leif Erikson Awards, sometimes referred to as the Exploration Awards, are awarded annually by the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland, for achievements in exploration and for work in the field of exploration history. They are awarded in three categories; to an explorer for a lifetime achievement in exploration; to a young explorer under the age of 35 for achievements in exploration; and to a person or an organization that has worked to promote and preserve exploration history. The awards ceremony takes place annually in Húsavík. The Leif Erikson Awards are the main and final event of the annual Húsavík Explorers Festival. They were first awarded in 2015. The awards are named for Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson, considered as the first European to land in North America and who, according to the Sagas of Icelanders, established the first Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada. The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, and his predecessor, President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, have both presented the awards.