The network
A long-built network of hunters and local partners across North and East Greenland. This is the field foundation Sikumut stands on.
Coverage
Sikumut's hunter network is established in Upernavik and Kullorsuaq in North Greenland, Ole's home region, and is actively growing in Qaanaaq and East Greenland. We deliberately avoid building density in already-saturated tourism markets like Ilulissat and Nuuk; the value Sikumut offers our partners is precisely in the regions where conventional Greenlandic operators do not reach.
Partnership model
Sikumut does not recruit hunters in the conventional sense. We work through long-term partnerships with individual hunters, hunter families, and local operators. Each operation is agreed in advance, including scope, equipment, compensation, responsibilities, and timing. The partner network is internal and grows through trust and repeated work over years, not through open hiring.
Sikumut and Sedna are operationally aligned through shared leadership. Nicolas leads Sedna as CEO and serves as COO of Sikumut, ensuring the two organisations work from the same field standards, partner relationships, and deployment logic.
How the network works
Each partnership is based on long-term collaboration, with the practical terms agreed before every operation. That includes equipment, fuel, compensation, responsibilities, timing, and how the value of the work is shared. We do not publish a public roster of hunters or local partners. When someone’s involvement is shown on the site, it is with their clear consent and as part of a story from the field, never as a directory listing.
Why the network matters
In North and East Greenland, operations do not run on planning alone. They run on trusted local coverage, route knowledge, weather judgement, equipment, and relationships built over years. This cannot be assembled from outside by hiring a local project manager once a project is already underway.
Sikumut begins with the people already connected to the routes, seasons, ice, boats, sleds, and communities involved. The network is not added after the plan is made. It is what makes the plan possible.