Polar Expedition Guides are highly skilled and experienced practitioners able to manage and lead all aspects of non-specialist polar expeditions. Some guides have skills and experience in specialist areas, as indicated by their online profile. A specialist expedition should always be matched with a specialist guide.
Examples of specialist skills include:
Polar Snowkiting
Polar Dogsledding
Polar Bear Management
Sea and Thin Ice Travel
Mountaineering
Avalanche Awareness
Honorary Polar Guide
Honorary Members have retired from active recurrent guiding. They have shown commitment and professionalism during a lasting career in polar guiding and/or exploratory endeavours. Honorarians are widely recognised as having contributed meaningful, inspiring and broadly-respected service to the fields of polar guiding and/or polar adventure.
