The team

Liv is an active and social person who loves to be out in the wilderness. She grew up with dog sledding and horse riding in a Sami village, Karasjok in Finnmark in the far North of Norway. Liv is an officer in the Norwegian army and she has good training in first aid and the art of leading groups in different situations and under various conditions. She has studied a wide range of subjects in University College, from entrepreneurship and education to predator biology and nature- and culture knowledge. She is one of the entrepreneurs of Turgleder and has experience from canoeing, packrafting, hiking and trekking, skiing and expeditions. Liv has a sense for the details in nature and loves to stop to take beautiful photos.

“Growing up in a family where dog sledding on the Finnmark plateau was, and still is, the livelihood, made mastering natures challenges and see its richness come naturally. The freedom it gives to be out enjoying nature’s sounds and colours and cooperating with nature is a gift. I very much enjoy the different seasons and the variations and opportunities they give. It is my greatest pleasure to make people able to experience the Norwegian and arctic nature and culture.”

Thomas was on his first fishing trip before his one year birthday and he was 6 years old when he was on his first hunting trip. Thomas has always been fascinated by the outdoors and his whole life he have lived close to or in the forest and mountains. That was his playground, that was where he retreated to when he wanted to relax or be alone and there he spent much of his time with his friends throughout his years of growth. Later Thomas, as an officer in the Norwegian armed forces through more then 10 years, have gained substantial and varied experience in areas like planning, leading smaller or bigger groups and the handling of unexpected situations. He also has high competence and real life experience in survival in nature and advanced first aid. Over the last few years he has also obtained relevant formal competence by studying environment, culture and tourism related subjects in University College. Thomas is one of the entrepreneurs in Turgleder.

“I just love being outdoors. The fresh air, the pure water, the absence of noise and the freedom to live in the moment makes being out in nature the most meaningful thing I can do. When you are exposed to the environment over time and you only live in the moment, the big things in the modern society become small and the small things becomes big. Being on a trip and sharing all the big and small adventures with other people is to me the biggest of riches."

With some 20 years of career in polar guiding, Kasper can look back at his entire adult life spent taking guests into the wilderness.

Kasper has guided all over the arctic and antarctic, earning him experiences in some of the most remote places on the planet. He has been leading on skis expeditions, dog sledding trips, sail boat and super yacht journeys.

Kasper is an easy going, practical and knowledgeable person. He has a deep love for nature and the arctic. This has lead him to be the operational leader of the camp at the south pole or with Emperor penguins in the Weddel sea and to lead several large scale ship based expeditions.

In 2019 he was rewarded with a Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society for his work in arctic Canada and especially a record breaking sail ship expedition, that brought the biggest sail boat through the North West Passage. In 2020 he was also rewarded with a Norwegian Citizenship.

Kasper also works with World Extreme Medicine as Faculty and leads a "Polar Medicin Course" aimed at medical proffesionals.

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