SHH has a large number of videos where Rudolf tells stories about his and other Deaf individuals, maritime life and is the subject of 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, e.g. VHS tapes, recordings that SHH has converted to digital form and publish now, along with recordings of Rudolf himself, 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 17th, 1936. At the age of five he moved to Reykjavík and went to Deaf school. At the age of eight he moved to his aunt in Stykkishólmur and then later to Oxney in Breiðafjörður where he went to school. At the age of 16 he moved back to Reykjavík hoping to study at the Deaf school again. The school was full at the time and he was therefor homeschooled. At the same time he worked at Keflavík International Airport with his foster father in property 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 netman on the trawler Thormodir Goða RE 209 with his brother, who was the helsman. Rudolf was a netman on ten other ships during his naval career, including the trawler Freri RE 73 with other sign language speaking sailors. In his naval career, the Icelandic signlanguage was useful, as it was easy to talk between a bridge and a deck and a ship and a pier. Rudolf worked at sea for nearly five decades and on the Fisherman's Day in 2001 he was recognized by the Fisherman's Day Council for his work.

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