Meet Willem
Willem (°1987) is co-founder and manager of Into the Arctic. Over the years, he has developed a deep passion, and unrivaled level of expertise for planning summer expeditions in uncharted wilderness areas of Greenland and Lapland. He also knows the Pyrenees and the French Alps like the back of his hand.
meet Arne
Arne (°1983) has a passion for ultra long distance hikes. He traversed the Pyrenees over the HRP in seven weeks, hiked the Via Alpina from Trieste to Monaco over five months, and crossed New Zealand from north to south along the Te Araroa trail. He combines his hiking experience with high-level mountaineering. Arne has been working at the Into The Arctic office since autumn 2022. He has been guiding expeditions for us since 2019.
Brent D'Hooge
Wilderness guide
Brent (°1980) is co-founder of Into the Arctic, and has guided over 35 ski/pulk expeditions over the years. His favorite destinations are Svalbard and the Finnish wilderness of Urho Kekkonen National park. Closer to home he also loves going to the wilder areas of Central Europe's mountains: the Pyreneen, the Dolomites and Aosta.
Thomas Kerckhof
Wilderness guide
Thomas (°1988) starting guiding aged 20 - in early years mostly in summer in the mountain ranges of Central Europe - later complemented by trips in Scandinavia in winter. He was a board member of the Belgian Mountain Federation for many years, but has moved to Southern France recently for his job as a leading engineer in a large steel factory.
Flore Van Maldeghem
Wildernisgids
Flore (°1995) feels at home in the Arctic, ever more so after spending a year in Tromsø during while completing her Masters degree in Geology. She was introduced into adventures multi-day trips from a very young ago, and now spends as much time as possible with either groups, friends or just soloing in the Alps, Nepal, Iceland and Scandinavia.
Jens Paque
Wilderness guide
Jens (°1993) is spending pretty much all of his time outdoors around the year - and has spend multiple full winter seasons in Northern Scandinavia. He is now mainly focused on packrafting and winter ski touring missions, while trying to squeeze in as many multi-day summer treks as possible.
Frederik Wuyts
Wilderness guide
Frederik (°1980) is an archeologist, dad of two, and lives in Ghent. After spending multiple summers in Central Asia, he fell in love with the Arctic. In recent years he got his degree as an "International Wilderness Guide" and spends as much time as he can in Northern Scandinavia.
Landry Appels
Wildernisgids
Sinds Landry (°1995) een half jaar heeft doorgebracht in de Oslofjord tijdens een doorgedreven duikopleiding, heeft hij zijn hart verloren in Noorwegen. Keer op keer trekt hij er naartoe, op zoek naar mooie avonturen in de Scandinavische wildernis. Als hij alleen op stap gaat verkiest hij (waar mogelijk) zijn hangmat. Onderweg met anderen, weet hij keer op keer de mooiste bivakplekjes voor een tent te vinden. Hij beperkt zich echter niet tot het hoge noorden, want ook desolate woestijnklimaten spreken hem enorm aan. Daarnaast vind je hem ook vaak terug in een packraft op een Ardense rivier.
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