Anders Bilgram, the leader of the expedition, 1963, citizen of Denmark, an engineer and a teacher. He lives in north Jutland, Denmark. In 1985 he was a participant of an open boat expedition to east Greenland. In 1993-1995 he was a leader of the Danish Northwest Passage Expedition, boating around 3000 km from Thule, Greenland to Coppermine, Canada. He is the leader of the Polar Passage 2000 Expedition.

Frederik Solberg Lynge, 1958, citizen of Denmark, a police officer, lives in Uummannaq in Greenland. He has an experience of boating on small boats in the Arctic waters. His hobby is to make high quality hand made knives. He is second in command of the expedition Polar Passage 2000, and is responsible for visual documentary of the whole course of the expedition.

Ole Jorgen Hammeken, 1958, citizen of Denmark, director of the Children's Home, lives in Uummannaq, Greenland. He travelled numerous times on boat and dog sleds along the northern Greenland. In 1998 he was the leader of the dog sled expedition with children along the east coast of Greenland.

Sergey Epishkin, 1961, member of the Moscow Adventure Club. Retired naval officer. Geographer, historian. Experienced explorer. Expert of all Siberian aspects. Administrator and interpreter of the expedition, responsible for contacts with Russian authorities along the route. He joins the expedition in Provideniya.