Name: Kjartan Jakob Valdimarsson.
Position: Captain.
Place and date of birth: Hauganes, Iceland, 24th August 1961.
Hometown: Akureyri.
Star sign: Virgo.
Education: Navigational licence, Icelandic College of Fisheries, Quality Control.
Languages: Icelandic and English.
Experience: Worked at sea for 43 years. Started working for Gentle Giants in 2021.
Interests: Outdoor, fishing and hunting.
Favourite Icelandic food: Lamb meat, traditional "siginn fiskur", stingray and lumpfish.
Favourite foreign food: Italian food.
Favourite band / singer: Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Queen.
Football / soccer team: KA, Manchester United, AC Milan.