August Sandberg
August grew up self-reliant on a remote Norwegian island, served as an Arctic Jaeger, studied film, sailed the Atlantic, worked in documentaries, became a professional Arctic skipper, befriended Andy & Mia, and now lives with his family near Bergen as ISBJØRN’s primary skipper.
August
in action
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SKIPPER
Norway
BIO
August was raised on a tiny island on the west coast of Norway, where his family were the only inhabitants. A remote and self-reliant childhood near the water translated perfectly to long-distance offshore sailing. After serving a year in the army on the Norwegian-Russian border, he started film studies in Bergen. While studying film production, August renovated an old Baltic 37, and then proceeded to circumnavigate the Atlantic with her after he got his degree. He then spent several years working in the film industry focusing on documentaries, as his father and grandfather before him. After hearing the call of the sea once more, August became a professional skipper, operating mainly in the challenging and harsh Norwegian Arctic. He became fast friends of Andy & Mia after lending them a rifle for polar bear protection for their trip to the Arctic, and later meeting them on Svalbard, skippering an expedition in the same waters. August became a dad in 2021 and again in 2024, and lives with his two sons and his partner Karoline in the fjords outside of Bergen, Norway.