Kuupik Kleist is a former Greenlandic politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, he was the first Prime Minister not affiliated with Siumut.

He attended the Birkerød State School in Denmark from 1975 to 1978. Kleist graduated from Roskilde University in 1983 with a master's degree in social work

In 1996, Kleist was appointed the Director of the Foreign Office of the Greenland Home Rule Government. He was a Member of the Danish Parliament from 20 November 2001 to 13 November 2007, representing the Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) party.

From 2007 he was the leader of IA, a leftist political party which works towards Greenland's eventual full autonomy from Denmark. In 2009 the Greenlandic parliament therefore elected Kleist the fifth Prime Minister of Greenland. He served as Prime Minister from 12 June 2009 – 5 April 2013. Kuupik lives in Nuuk with his wife Aviâja Vandersee Kleist and their son Inutsiaq.

Arctic UAV’s chief of operations is an experienced pilot with over 1000 hrs of “Bush Flying” experience in the Canadian Arctic in Super Cubs, 180 Cessnas and a Chinook advanced ultra-light that he built and flew in the High Arctic. During the last fourty years he has traveled extensively year round by small boat, snowmobile, dog team, helicopter and aircraft to most parts of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories as a Territorial Wildlife Officer, Federal Fisheries Officer, outfitter, guide and photographer.

Glenn is also a professional guide, Arctic scuba diver, harvestor (where he hunts and provides for his family and community), wildlife photographer, and travels extensively in the Arctic in the winter (by snowmachine and qamutiq (sled) and in the summer by small and medium sized motor boats.

Glenn has traveled from the USA to Canada’s north by boat, Glenn has traveled from the northern part of Baffin Island to the south by snow machine with his family. Glenn is a former mountie and environmental officer and is one of the most experienced Arctic technicians in northern Canada.