ABOUT SKADI
THE COLD WEATHER SPECIALISTS

EXPERTISE. TRAINING. EQUIPMENT.

Skadi was founded to meet demand from the international SOF community for professional cold weather expertise. Our approach is based on the same principles that go into successful cold weather endeavors: humility, quality of craft, excellence in teaching, rapport, and attention to detail. Our instructors are veteran cold weather professionals with extensive backgrounds in leadership and training. Skadi is the Norse goddess of winter, hunting, mountains, and justice.

JOHN HUSTON
FOUNDER & LEAD INSTRUCTOR

POLAR EXPLORER, COLD WEATHER EXPERT
USA
John is a professional polar explorer and outdoor educator. He is an expert in a wide range of cold weather related topics including clothing and equipment systems as well as expeditionary leadership and teaching methods. John is skilled at relating his expertise to other people’s own endeavors and operational contexts. He has completed several major polar expeditions. Over the past 10 years he has been a subject matter expert, trainer, and expeditionary consultant to U.S., Canadian, and Norwegian special operations forces units. John and his family live in Boulder, Colorado. 

North Pole – First American Unsupported Expedition Co-Leader – 55 days, 475 miles by ski
South Pole – Leader of Full Length Expedition – 57 days, 720 miles by ski
Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada – Expedition Co-Leader – 65 days, 600 miles by skijoring
Greenland – Amundsen Expedition w/ Historic Gear – 72 days, 1400 miles by ski & dogsled
Baffin Island, Arctic Canada – Led many expeditions and trainings since 2006
Outward Bound – Year-round instructor 2000-2006, winter specialist, northern Minnesota
U.S. Army Rangers – Expeditionary trainer northern Minnesota
10th Special Forces Group – Cold wx expeditionary consultant, SME work 
19th Special Forces Group – Cold wx expeditionary consultant, trainer, SME work
MJK, Norway – SME (USSOCOM, CANSOFCOM, Danish Jægerkorpset (JGK))
USSOCOM – Cold wx expedition program leader Baffin Island (NSW Grp 2, 10th SF Grp, MARSOC)
CANSOFCOM – Cold weather expeditionary training program leader Baffin Island
johnhuston.com

RUNE GLEDNES
INSTRUCTOR

POLAR EXPLORER, SOF WINTER TRAINER, MOUNTAINEER, COLD WEATHER EXPERT
NORWAY
Rune is one of the most accomplished and respected polar explorers in the world. He has taken on the longest, most difficult routes, the most difficult way: unsupported. He is the first and only person in the world to cross both the North Pole and South Pole unsupported. Rune began his career in the early 1990s at Norway’s MJK unit. He currently works at the unit as a winter warfare training officer and has trained many teams of U.S. Navy SEALS. Rune regularly guides in Greenland, Antarctica, and on the Arctic Ocean. He lives in Hell, Norway.

Norwegian Navy Seal (Marinejeger) – Winter warfare training officer for many years, ongoing
Arctic Ocean Crossing via North Pole – Only expedition ever to cross Arctic Ocean Unsupported Antarctica Crossing via South Pole – Longest solo unsupported crossing of Antarctica by ski Greenland Crossing Lengthwise – Longest unsupported crossing of Greenland by ski at the time
North Pole – Leader of Full Length Expedition – 52 days, 475 miles by ski
Greenland – Leader Amundsen Expedition w/ Historic Gear – 72 days, 1400 miles by ski & dogsled
Greenland – Several first ascents
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HARALD KIPPENES
INSTRUCTOR

POLAR EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER, EX-NAVAL SOF, COLD WEATHER EXPERT
NORWAY
Harald is a lifelong mountaineer and cold weather professional with a unique knack for creatively applying his expertise. At age 18 Harald and his brother biked from Norway to Bhutan and he hasn’t slowed down since. Harald has completed several major polar and mountaineering expeditions including skiing from the North Pole to Canada and leading two expeditions on Cho Oyo in the Himalayas. He is an 8 year veteran of Norway’s MJK unit. Harald has trained a countless number of people to operate in the cold, from aspiring polar adventurers to British RAF operators. He also owns and operates Yourway a high-end adventure tourism company. Harald and his family life in Oslo, Norway.

Norwegian Navy Seal (Marinejeger) – 7 years, Balkans, Afghanistan, Platoon Commander

North Pole to Canada – Leader Full Length Expedition – 47 days, 475 miles

Cho Oyo, Himalaya – Leader of two mountaineering expeditions, over 8000 meters elevation Greenland – Amundsen Expedition w/ Historic Gear – 72 days, 1400 miles by ski & dogsled
North Pole, South Pole, Greenland – Expedition logistics and safety management
British RAF Units – expeditionary trainer of many winter immersion courses in Norway
Viking Route Norway to Newfoundland – sailing expedition
Norway to Bhutan – By bicycle, age 18
yourway.no