Assistant Expedition Leader

Dorothee Hippel

Dorothee, born in Germany, holds a master’s degree in History, Scandinavian Studies and Literature from the University of Cologne. She has since young years been passionate about polar regions and especially the northern hemisphere, and eventually her studies led her to living in Iceland. While working in an office job for a travel agency in Reykjavik, she soon discovered that her side job – guiding tours through Iceland –gave her much more joy. She therefore attended a 1-year course in Iceland to become a fully certified nature and hiking guide and graduated in the spring of 2016. The same summer she worked for the first time in the Arctic on board an expedition ship and shortly after that decided to drop her office job to be able to follow her dream job as guide and lecturer on board and on land full time. As it combines her love for travelling, wildlife and nature, her interest in other cultures and societies as well as meeting people from around the world, with whom she can share her knowledge and enthusiasm, she considers it a perfect fit for herself. Since then, she has been expanding her radius of work all the way down south to Antarctica.

When she is not on tour she additionally works as a freelancer for a German publishing house and still being based in Iceland, Dorothee enjoys the outdoor life, especially taking hikes through the amazing landscape, in her free time.

My upcoming expeditions

Fire and Ice: An 8-Day Sail Around Iceland

May 27 2025
Jun 3 2025
Jun 10 2025