THE ARCTIC ISLANDER

Name: Ingólfur Bjarni Svafarsson.

Position: Captain.

Place and date of birth: 14th December 1997, Reykjavík.

Hometown: Grímsey, Iceland.

Star sign: Sagittarius.

Education: Elementary school in Grímsey and Akureyri. Studied at the Icelandic School of Maritime Navigations. STCW courses: Basic Safety Training and Crowd- and Crisis Management.

Languages: Icelandic and English.

Experience: Worked as a fisherman around Iceland for over 14 years. Two years as a deckhand on international cargo vessels. Started at Gentle Giants in 2025.

Interests: Spending time with family, hunting, fly-fishing, scuba diving.

Favourite Icelandic food: Smoked puffin.

Favourite foreign food: Pão de queijo.

Favourite band / singer: Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.