Arctic

Paul originates from Everton, England. He spent his teenage years on the West Coast of America. Snowboarding, camping and hiking in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest or riding motor bikes and quad bikes in the deserts of California, he has always been at his happiest exploring the outdoors.

Born land locked in the East of Germany, Norman was always lured to water. At the tender age of 16 the sea called and he started his apprenticeship on tug boats in the North & Baltic Seas. It did not take long to realize that he has found his career and went straight to study for his OOW and Masters License.

Ross was born in Dublin, Ireland, but spent most of his life in Cork Harbour and summer holidaying on the coast of West Cork. He comes from a family of seafarers and dabbled in boats and yachts for all of his youth, particularly in his Grandfather’s boat. Ross studied Nautical Science and obtained his Officer of the Watch license.

Krzysztof, better known as Kris onboard was born and raised in Gdynia, Poland. A breath of salty breeze, an infinite sea horizon, the sounds of ship's sirens, majestic sailing ships entering the port of Gdynia helped him choose Gdynia Maritime University. Upon completing full time studies in the field of Mechanical Engineering, he was awarded his Masters of engineering degree

Chris grew up on a farm outside of Edinburgh before moving into the city at the age of fifteen. He initially had a passion for the study of philosophy which he carried through to university while still living in Scotland. His other twin interest was cricket, a sport at which he considered pursuing at the professional level.

Brendan was born on Australia’s small southern island of Tasmania. After qualifying in Hotel Management, he worked in some of Tasmania’s finest and most awarded restaurants. Then ultimately a love of the sea and traveling became somewhat an obsession and so yachting came into his life, combining the very best of both worlds

Philipp was born in East Germany, as a young boy he wanted to be a farmer and breed horses. In his teenage years though, he decided the hospitality industry is where he saw himself starting a career. After working for eight years for luxury 5 star hotels in Germany and London, he decided to start a new career in the yachting industry. He has worked for several yacht owners, before starting his new journey as a Chief Steward with the Arctic family.

Bert was Born and raised on a small farm in the north of Holland. He has been in the yachting industry for over 20 years. He has travelled the world extensively all the while learning new dishes from most places he visited. His cuisine is considered to be healthy with the use of salads and vegetables and also mixes in flavours from all over the world. Bert can also produce an amazing burger if that’s what you like!

Arham is from the beautiful island of Sri Lanka. Growing up on the South Coast of the island he spent his childhood swimming in rivers and the ocean with his brothers. That’s where his love for the ocean began. Arham has always found interest in experimenting with different ingredients and flavours in the kitchen and thus his journey as a Chef began.

Pradeep was born in Sri Lanka, his passion always was travel and he wanted to see the whole world and cross the oceans. Pradeep went to a culinary college in Sri Lanka. After his graduation, he started as a trainee chef in Colombo. Once he gathered enough hospitality experience ashore he decided to follow his dreams and started to work on cruise ships and commercial vessels.