WHO WE ARE
WHAT WE DO
About Björn
... your tour organizer and tour leader
Your tour is designed, directed, and guided by the veteran Icelandic tour director, Björn Rúriksson. He is a writer, publisher, photographer, naturalist, and an experienced pilot who knows his country and its natural history intimately from both the air and the ground. Björn has lived and worked in the U.S., has been leading tours of his native country since the 1980's, many with his co-leader friend and geologist, Pete Cross, who set up two-week tours, designed by Bjorn, for: The New York Explorers Club and The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Other institutions Bjorn brought to and guided in Iceland include the University of Northern Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Björn has also been in a successful cooperation for a long time with Arcatour Travel Bureau in Switzerland.
Björn is author of many trendsetting photo books on Icelandic natural history, and has given lectures on Icelandic geology at many museums, 60 institutes and universities worldwide; i.e. United States Geological Survey, Harvard University, Ohio State University, Northwestern University, and University of Colorado in the US; Mannheim University in Germany and The Royal Geographical Society in London. Björn has also held 35 private photographic exhibitions worldwide, many in the States including: Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, Nikon House, and Newark Museum of Art.