SHH has a large number of archived videos where Rudolf tells stories about his maritime life and other maritime experiences and is an interviewer in interviews that have been conducted for various reasons.

Rudolf has over the years provided SHH with recordings from his own video collection in various forms, including VHS tapes that SHH has digitized and published, as well as recordings of him celebrating the Day of Icelandic Sign Language. The publication of the videos is also part of SHH's policy and the government's financial plan.

Rudolf Kristinsson was born in Vestmannaeyjar Islands on July 17, 1936. At the age of five he moved to Reykjavík and went to Heyrnleysingjaskólinn. At the age of eight he moved to Stykkishólmur for his sister and then to Oxney in Breiðafjörður where he went to school. At the age of 16 he moved back to Reykjavík and wanted to study at Heyrnleysingjaskólinn again. The school was finished and he was given homework. He worked at Keflavík International Airport with his father in real estate management. At that time he was a frequent visitor to the home of Sigríður Kolbeinsdóttir and Jón Kr. Sigfússon, where he studied Icelandic sign language in Grétar Jónsson’s company.

Rudolf began his naval career as a computer operator on the trawler Thormodir Goða RE 209 with his brother, who was a pilot. Rudolf was a computer operator on ten other ships during his naval career, including the trawler Frera RE 73 with other computerized naval operators. In his naval career, the Icelandic symbol language was useful, as it was easy to talk between a bridge and a deck and a ship and a pier. Rudolf was a fisherman for nearly five decades and on the Maritime Day in 2001 he was recognized by the Maritime Day Council for his work.

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