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We are a small family company, owned by Tommy Jordbrudal and Janne Søreide, located 10 km outside Longyearbyen, in Bolterdalen. Here we have lived since 2007, and what started with 20 huskies has now become to 2 children and 50 huskies.
We have a strong passion for nature, outdoor life and sled dogs – a genuine interest we like to share with our guests. The pristine and sometimes harsh Arctic environment, evolve both respect and love for nature, and remind us to live modest and sustainably. Svalbard is one of the best protected wilderness area in the world, regulated under the strict Svalbard Environmental Protection Act, and we aim to minimize our environmental footprint to ensure that also the coming generations can experience the untouched Arctic.
We engage in education. Two days a week we teach young adults at the local folk college about animal care, dog mushing and Arctic outdoor life. The exam is a 7 days dogsledding expedition to the East Coast. Further, we offer summer and winter internships for Arctic nature guide students at the local Guide school in Longyearbyen and in Muonio, Finland.
Arctic Husky Travellers is member of “Visit Svalbard” the official tourism board for Svalbard and Longyearbyen. All members of Visit Svalbard have been quality assured by the Board of the Svalbard Tourism Council and are safe, responsible suppliers of products and services that are familiar with the local conditions. Visit Svalbard has achieved the prestigious “Sustainable destination label” in 2019, which was renewed again in 2022.
Tommy Jordbrudal (Guide and owner) has more than 30 years of Arctic experience with longer dogsledding expeditions in Northern Norway, Svalbard, Alaska and even to the North Pole. He has completed the longest sled dog race in the world (Iditarod, Alaska) and in Europe (Finmarkslopet, Norway). Tommy is part of the glacier rescue team in Longyearbyen.
Janne Søreide (owner) started with Inuit dogs in Svalbard in the mid-nineties, guiding longer expeditions. Later she started with Alaska huskies and has run Europe’s longest sled dog race Finmarksløpet . Her plan was to become a vet, but her passion for Svalbard made her chose marine biology. Today she work full time as a professor at the University Centre in Svalbard studying impacts of climate change on marine biota. In her free time she is helping with guiding and paper work.
Håkon Hvistendahl (Guide) has spent a lot of time in the Norwegian mountains, traversing glaciers in the summer and done longer ski and pulka trips with his dog in winter. Håkon worked as preschool teacher and educator before he started to work for Arctic Husky Travellers in summer 2024.
Anja Åse Wied (teacher ) started as a trainee at AHT as part of her Arctic Nature Guide education in 2016 and worked full time as guide for AHT until she started as teacher for the local folk college in 2022. She and Tommy, teach young adults animal welfare, dog mushing and Arctic outdoor life 2 days a week at our place in Bolterdalen.