Swedens polar specialist since 1999 +46 31-333 17 30 info@polar-quest.com

Zet Freiburghaus

Expedition leader

Zet is a former successful member of the Swedish national kayak team who after his active career gained a Master's degree in Molecular Biology. His passion in life is to travel and when he is not guiding for us, or working as a kayak guide in Antarctica, he is planning his next travel adventure.

Zet's Master of Science in Biology is from Lund University and he has worked as a teacher for several years. To pass on an interest in nature and environmental awareness, so that future generations will be able to enjoy the beauty of our worlds more vulnerable areas, has always been important to Zet.

He has travelled the world. For example in just one year he hitchhiked around Palestine, walked and rode in the Tien Shen mountains of Kyrgyzstan and before the year was over he went to Ethiopia, where he saw the Ethiopian wolf and were standing on the rim on an active volcano. 

Zet's sharp eyes and great experience in nature implies he rarely misses an animal. He has many years of experience guiding in both the Arctic and Antarctica.

Zet in short

  • Education

    Molecular biology 

  • Speaks

    Swedish, english

  • Been with PolarQuest

    Since 2009

  • Born

    Sweden

  • Key competences

    Photographer, kayak guide

  • Trips with PolarQuest

    Svalbard, Greenland, Antarctica, Galapagos

Like all expedition with PolarQuest to Svalbard, it's the uncertainty of what you'll see that keeps me coming back for more. I've always said that the landscape in Svalbard is at its most beautiful in spring, but autumn is also incredible.

- Zet Freiburghaus

  • © Niklas Nilsson
    Zet on Svalbard in 2023.
  • Zet with the guide team on Svalbard 2018.
  • © Zet Freiburghaus
    Zet on expedition with M/S Quest in 2017.
  • Zet with Adrian and Christian during the PolarQuest Staff Seminar 2024.
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