Solan Jensen
Kayak Guide Solan imagines paradise as a kind of library, a library located in the cold high latitudes and accessible only by a small boat. His first job in Antarctica was as an iron worker helper. He was part of a tem building the new research and living facility at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station.
Solan has joined these expeditions:
What skills do you bring to the job?
"There are hard skills like rope work, firearms maintenance and small boat handling. Soft skills include confidence and the ability to lead small groups and act as a Zodiac captain."
What keeps you returning season after season?
"To place my body in proximity to the wildest places I can find, over and over again."
If you could time travel, which historic expedition would you join, and why?
"Cook, Vancouver, Fridtjof Nansen, Knud Rassmussen - but of all the expeditions, I think I would like to have been with Vitus Bergin and the great naturalist George Stellar, when they first traveled to Alaska from Russia's Far East. I would have loved to assist Stellar during the few minutes that Bering allowed him ashore in the unknown land of Alaska."
Solan's advice to Polar Travelers
"If you want to experience the polar regions, go and do it!"