Róbert Thor Haraldsson

Róbert Thor Haraldsson is one of Icelandic Mountain Guides most experienced guides and has been with the company for over a decade. On foot with his backpack he has twice successfully led the Iceland Traverse, a 31 day 500 km long expedition across Iceland from the north to the south, and one of the most demanding expeditions available in Iceland. Over the years Robert has led many of IMG’s most demanding hiking and backpacking tours, and has been lead guide at the Icelandic Mountain Guides base in Skaftafell. He has guided numerous mountain and glacier climbs in Iceland and has criss crossed all of Iceland’s interior on both foot and skis. Robert has a firm knowledge of Greenland having been there several times for cross-country skiing, sailing and kayaking. He is a very active backcountry skier and spends his winters in the Canadian wilderness where he is partially based over the winter.

For those who are interested in gathering more experience and meeting Robert, you can join him on the Sprengisandur cross-country ski traverse of Iceland on the 21- 31 of March 2012. This tour is highly recommended as preparation experience for the Greenland traverse.