ABOUT US

Arctic Explorers was founded in 2012 from something simple, but impossible to ignore — a deep, constant pull toward nature. A need to be on mountain tops, at sea, in the forest, in the silence of the wilderness, gathered around a campfire.

We tried office life. But the Arctic gave us something it never could — clarity, presence, and the feeling of being truly alive. In the end, it wasn’t a choice. We left, and we never looked back.

Today, this is our office.

After a lifetime exploring this region — on foot, by skis, by sea kayak, and across all seasons and conditions — we’ve come to know where the Arctic reveals its best moments. Where the Northern Lights dance under clear skies. Where fjords open into landscapes that feel untouched. Where wildlife moves quietly, on its own terms.

What began with a single guest — our very first tour on October 12, 2012, with our dear friend Phil Halper from the UK — grew naturally from there. Not because we pushed for it, but because people felt it.

More than 80,000 guests later, we’ve shared moments that stay with you for life: powerful auroras filling the sky, whales rising from the deep just meters away, and the quiet presence of Arctic wildlife in its natural home.

This is not just about seeing something beautiful.

It’s about the journey — the moments along the way, the feeling of connection, and everything you didn’t expect to find but did. Just like Ithaka, it was never only about the destination, but what the journey gives you along the way.

When you join us, you don’t just visit the Arctic — you become part of it.

Ithaka
By C. P. Cavafy

As you set out for Ithaka
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbors you’re seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind—
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and go on learning from their scholars.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you’re destined for.
But don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn’t have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.