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Explore with them in polar waters
Our Expedition Team members are not only expert lecturers, they are also your hosts on board and ashore. They will give professional lectures on topics including biology, history, geology and the eras of human exploration. They also take you on landings and hikes and tell you how to make the most of your stay without disturbing the fragile wildlife and nature.
Aka Bendtsen Activity guide and Greenland expert
Aka was born and raised in Qaqortoq, a town in South Green- land. She studied in Denmark and has worked on a sheep farm in South Greenland. She followed specialist studies to become an Arctic guide at the business school in Qaqortoq. During each expedition, she gives talks on daily life, animals, nature, culture, plants, and even the role of kayaking in Greenland.
Olav Orheim Glaciologist/climatologist
Olav has led numerous scientifi c expeditions in Antarctica and has a PhD from Ohio State University. He has more accomplishments than we can list, including 4 de cades with the Norwegian Polar Institute, the Research Council of Norway, and Norway’s permanent station in Antarctica. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading glaciologists.
Line Overgaard Expedition leader
Line started working for Hurtig- ruten in 2001, and joined Fram in 2008. Line’s favourite expedi- tions are the 16-day ski expedi- tion over Spitsbergen’s snow- covered glaciers, the 8-day hike across the Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland, and kayaking on the rivers of Nepal. She completed the Arctic Nature Guide study pro- gramme in 2010 in Spitsbergen.
Lewis Gordon Pugh Maritime lawyer/ pioneer swimmer
Lewis was the first person to comp lete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world. He under takes spectacular swims in the most vulnerable parts of our oceans to draw attention to their plight and to campaign for the creation of more marine protected areas or MPAs. His toughest swim was across the North Pole in 2007 where the water was minus 1.7°C.
Steff en Biersack Geologist
Steff en is a geologist from Berlin, where he obtained master’s degrees in both Administration Management and Geology. In his opinion, geology and the complex “System Earth” is a most intriguing and important subject. So his particular aim is to convey his passion and fascination for geo- logy to a wider public.
Friederike Bronny Geographer and biologist
Friederike (also known as “Frieda”) studied at Bochum University, and specialises in the ecology of the polar regions. As part of her stud- ies, she spent more than a year in a tent in Greenland. This valley is now named aft er her. Her old base camp was officially given the name “Camp Frieda” in 2013.
Stian Aadland Activity guide and historian
Stian has been an adventurer since the age of two, when he fi rst tried to fl y. His love for snow- boarding grew fast and ended up taking him all over the world in search of the perfect snow. He found his snowboarding paradise in the faraway mountains of Sval- bard where he spends all his time during winter.
Benedicte Ingstad Professor, medical anthropology
Benedicte will be sharing unique insights from her parents’ explorer adventures as well as her own. In 1960, her parents discovered the remains of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows in Canada. Lectures and excursions will natur- ally have a signifi cant proportion of Viking history and myths.
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