Petter is educated in sports and biology. After serving in the Norwegian Naval Special Forces he was a guide at Svalbard for several seasons and also led the Svalbard Polar Guide Training Program. Petter is a former triathlete and two times Ironman Hawaii finisher but likes it much better in the cold. He has done several expeditions including Greenland, Svalbard and the North Pole. Petter founded Wild Norway and is also running the operations Arctic Training & Expeditions and Hotel Spruce together with Geir Vie.