Expedition Team, Experts, and Guides

Iceland Circumnavigation 2025

July 3 to July 12, 2025

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Nature and Culture

  • Svanur Thorkelsson

    Svanur Thorkelsson

    Storyteller, Poet

    Svanur is a storyteller whose passions include the myths, legends, and sagas of Iceland.

  • Dr. Lynn Moorman

    Dr. Lynn Moorman

    Geographer

    Lynn shares her passion for learning about landscapes as an avid geographer, Earth and Environmental Sciences professor, and a Governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Core Expedition Team

  • Dorothee Hippel

    Dorothee Hippel

    Expedition Leader, Expedition Team

    Dorothee holds a master’s degree in history, Scandinavian studies, and literature. While she loves working as a guide, she enjoys mixing it up with side projects.

  • John Blyth

    John Blyth

    Assistant Expedition Leader

    John finds a connection to water and wild spaces. He splits his time between travelling the North as a consultant and a devotion to paddlesports.

  • David Newland

    David Newland

    Host

    David is a writer, musician, scholar, and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Expedition Team

  • Laura Adams

    Laura Adams

    Expedition Team, Climate Communicator

    Laura is a professional mountain guide, snow scientist and landscape painter who has spent her life exploring remote marine and mountain landscapes around the world.

  • Chris Scerri

    Chris Scerri

    Kayak Guide, Musician

    Chris is at home on the water, on the trails, or whenever he’s making music.

  • Marissa Dolotallas

    Marissa Dolotallas

    Kayak Guide

    Marissa is wild about adventure and passionate about sharing the joy of kayaking and mindful moments that spark our spirit and empower our soul.

  • Judy Robertson

    Judy Robertson

    Expedition Team

    Judy is adventurous, passionate, multilingual, an educator, and a world traveller. She always finds a reason to do something rather than a reason to not!