Unserer Mitarbeiter

Oceanwide staff

Die freundlichen und hilfsbereiten Mitarbeiter unserer Verkaufs- und Reservierungsabteilung stehen Ihnen zur Verfügung. Sie beantworten Ihnen alle relevanten Fragen zu Ihrer Reise, dem Reiseziel und den Oceanwide Expeditions-Schiffen. Sie alle waren auf einer oder mehreren Expeditionsreisen in der Arktis und Antarktis und haben die wunderbaren Polarregionen kennengelernt. Bereits seit Jahren arbeiten sie mit großer Begesiterung für Oceanwide Expeditions.

Expedition staff

  • Florence Kuyper
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch

Florence is a world traveler with a passion for the polar regions, remote nature, deserts, history, and nomadic peoples.

After receiving her Master’s Degree in Educational and Organizational Psychology in the Netherlands, she worked as a consultant-manager in social affairs.

In 2004 Florence went to the big white desert of Antarctica for the first time, and her passion for this continent has drawn her back ever since.

But she also enjoys the heat, having crossed 1,200 km (745 miles) of harsh Mongolian desert on foot with an expedition team and one Bactrian camel.

Florence has lived at the historical British base of Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula, where she served as a base leader, and also works on sailing yachts in the Arctic and Antarctica.

She has been an expedition guide and leader in both polar regions since 2012, and she looks forward to sharing her knowledge and unlimited passion for the polar regions with you.

  • Eduardo Rubio
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Guatemalan

Eduardo is an astronomer with a passion for sharing nature with others.

  • Hans Verdaat
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch

Hans’s fascination for nature and traveling has been present throughout his life. From a young age, he has been an active birder traveling across Europe, studying coastal zone management in the Netherlands and in Norway.

  • Sara Jenner
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Marcel Paul
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Philipp Schaudy
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Austrian
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  • Ali Liddle
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Jan Belgers
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Pippa Low
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
  • Rinie van Meurs
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Claudio Ghiglione
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Italian
  • Christian Engelke
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: German
  • Adam Turner
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
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Activity staff

  • Michael Green
  • Function: Dive Team Leader and Advisor
  • Nationalität: British

Michael began diving in 1980, training with the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Harbour.

After leaving the Navy, he continued to dive mainly around the UK, diving wrecks and always looking for a new story.

He is qualified as a dive instructor with BSAC and PADI and is certified to operate Drager Dolphin and Buddy Inspiration rebreathers.

Michael has worked for Oceanwide Expeditions for five years and enjoys giving divers a safe and exploratory experience in the polar regions.

Michael’s biggest tip for polar divers is to slow down, look around, and enjoy the environment.

He looks forward to enjoying it with you.

  • Henrik Enckell
  • Function: Dive Team Leader & Advisor
  • Nationalität: Swedish

Henrik is an experienced dive leader, rebreather instructor trainer, and one of the first dive masters to bring tourists diving in Antarctica.

Captains

  • Remmert Koster
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Dutch

Remmert Koster was born in the Netherlands, and from a young age he was convinced he would become a captain.

After completing nautical college, he sailed general cargo ships for several years before switching to heavy-lift ships, transporting such loads as offshore platforms, Dutch Royal Navy vessels, submarines, parts for petrochemical plants, dredgers, cranes, and other such items.

Since 2016 he has captained passenger vessels, starting with two mega-yachts and later becoming a captain with Oceanwide Expeditions on its Polar Class 6 vessel, Hondius.

Remmert is married and lives with his wife and her daughter in an old farmhouse in north Holland. When he’s not busy renovating the house, he likes to cook, travel, and spend time with his family and friends.

  • Ernesto Barria
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Chilean

Ernesto Barria was born in Santiago, Chile, into a family with strong bonds to the sea: His father, grandfather, and several uncles all share a love of the ocean.

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  • Arthur Yakovlev
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Russian

Arthur Yakovlev was born in Petrozavodsk, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia.

  • Toni Salo
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Finnish
  • Evgeny Levakov
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Russian
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  • Joachim Schiel
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: German

Office

Head Office:
Fax: +31 (0)118 410 417
USA & Canada reservations:
Fax: +1 (0)281 749 8220
  • Sebastiaan Schijf
  • Function: Financial Controller
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Adam Turner
  • Function: CXO - Head of Expedition Operations
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Iris van Zalinge
  • Function: Sales Accountmanager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
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  • Danique van Burken
  • Function: Senior Marketing Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Andreas Diesing
  • Function: Key Account Manager for the German speaking countries
  • Nationalität: German
  • Dorine van Boekhout
  • Function: Reservations
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Stefan Pruimboom
  • Function: Staffing and Operations Advisor
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Matt Cutts
  • Function: Content Writer
  • Nationalität: American
  • Ko de Korte
  • Function: Consultant
  • Nationalität: Dutch
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  • Franklin Braeckman
  • Function: Antarctic Program Manager
  • Nationalität: Belgian
  • Majanda Fens
  • Function: Reservations Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Erik Hageman
  • Function: CFO
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Femke Wolfert
  • Function: Staffing Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Toto Vermue
  • Function: Sales Accountmanager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
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  • Jeroen Blanken
  • Function: Hotel Operations Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Gabi Merten
  • Function: Reservations for the German speaking market
  • Nationalität: German
  • Loraine van Huizen
  • Function: Online Marketeer
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Alexandra den Dikken
  • Function: Senior Graphic Designer
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Piet Vink
  • Function: Managing Director
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Nyrée Siereveld-Verstraete
  • Function: Account Assistant
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Michel van Gessel
  • Function: Director
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Maria del Pilar Fernandez
  • Function: International Sales Manager
  • Nationalität: Chilean
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  • Florian J. Piper
  • Function: Director Sales | Arctic program
  • Nationalität: German
  • Marina Joglar
  • Function: Reservations, North-America
  • Nationalität: American
  • Elza Back
  • Function: Account Assistant
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Teun van ‘t Verlaat
  • Function: Technical Superintendent
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Grace Vidal
  • Function: Reservations, North-America
  • Nationalität: American
  • Marie Rose Porreca
  • Function: Reservations, North-America
  • Nationalität: American
  • Karin Toornstra
  • Function: Reservations
  • Nationalität: Dutch
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