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Jordy Oleson

Like many of us, Jordy faced a crossroads as he graduated from university: accept one of the “good” job offers on the table in front of him, or leave his comfort zone and pursue his passions. Taking a leap of faith, he decided to explore the world and vowed he’d never take a job that didn’t fulfill his adventurous spirit. That decision took him to the cloud forests of Costa Rica where he taught 3rd grade at a conservation-based ESL school. His passion for travel and the natural world became an integral part of his identity, with his wanderlust leading him through most of Central and South America shortly thereafter.

Soon after his travels, Jordy began working as the marketing manager for a nonprofit dedicated to providing life-changing travel experiences for high school students of all abilities and backgrounds. Over a 7-year period he helped develop, sell, manage and lead expeditions in Peru, Costa Rica, Mexico, the American Southwest, the Canadian Arctic, East Africa and Southeast Asia. Jordy also played a role in co-founding a nonprofit that teaches workshops on sustainable development and appropriate technology to communities in Rwanda and Mexico. After joining Nat Hab early in 2014, he has since returned to Peru’s upper Amazon Basin, hiked and kayaked in the Galapagos Islands, visited the polar bears of Churchill, explored the savannas of East Africa, experienced the wonders of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island and Antarctica, and seen the amazing biodiversity of the “eighth continent," Madagascar. More recently, Jordy has honed his photography skills on a Secluded Botswana Safari, come face-to-face (safely) with coastal grizzly bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park and gazed in awe at the vastness of the Greenland ice sheet on an East Greenland Arctic Adventure.

An “almost-native” Coloradan, Jordy was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, enjoys dual citizenship and regularly travels back to Canada to visit family. When he's not traveling, Jordy’s favorite moments are the hours of entertainment he and his wife enjoy watching their toddler son and young daughter grow and find new ways to be adventurous. He also loves finding and sharing the best new music, snowboarding, camping, riding cruiser bikes, and geeking out over new strategies to beat his friends in Settlers of Catan.


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In awe of the unfathomable amount of ice in East Greenland.Double checking that grizzly paws are bigger than my hands. Yep, they are.Photographing a grizzly mother teaching her cub how to fish.Our home in the wilderness of the isolated Katmai Coast - the Nat Hab Ursus.Bears are practically oblivious to our presence as they fish for salmon and fatten up their bellies for the winter.While anywhere in Greenland could realistically be polar bear habitat, our Base Camp is safely located in an area where they are unlikely to bother us. Still - we have important precautions in place!Stunning views every direction you look in East Greenland.We watched this young humpback whale breach for quite awhile, in transit from Tasilaaq, Greenland to our more remote Base Camp.

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