Zero Motorized Assistance
All expeditions are powered strictly by foot, ski, or paddle. We carry all supplies from the start or forage sustainably within regional regulations.
THE COLLECTIVE • ETHOS
Committed to unassisted wilderness travel.
Founded in 2018, NORTHERN COMPASS is a small independent team of wilderness guides, photographers, and cartographers dedicated to self-reliant northern exploration.
Leave No Trace Ethics
No permanent markers, no discarded gear, and complete respect for fragile alpine and tundra biomes that take centuries to recover from human disturbance.
Field Science Contribution
Whenever traversing remote glaciers, we take snow-pack density samples and GPS ice-elevation readings for international climate research databases.
Expedition Directors
LEAD GUIDE • CARTOGRAPHER
Erik Haugland
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with over twenty years of polar ski expedition experience across Greenland, Spitsbergen, and northern Scandinavia.
EXPEDITION MEDIC • NATURALIST
Karin Lindqvist
Wilderness EMT and glaciologist specializing in remote hypothermia management, cold-weather nutrition, and sub-arctic botany.