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

  • Pippa Low
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British

Pippa has worked as a marine guide and skipper for 10 years, primarily in Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, and the polar regions.

A marine scientist specialising in marine mammal research and conservation, she splits her time between the hemispheres and loves showing the public the marine world and all it has to offer.

Growing up on the coast of the incredible Moray Firth sparked in Pippa a love for the marine world and its inhabitants. She spent every spare minute in, on, or under the water, and her professional life reflected this love from a young age. She became an instructor in various marine disciplines, studying marine biology at universities in Scotland and Australia.

Upon completion of her degree, Pippa worked as a marine mammal observer, scientific diver, and research assistant on various research projects. She has worked in photo ID, migration, distribution, and behavioural studies on a range of marine mammals, developing a keen interest in marine mammal conservation through outreach and research.

After working in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica as a research assistant, she fell in love with Antarctica. Pippa now works as a full-time guide and assistant expedition leader in the Arctic and Antarctica. Between seasons, she still finds time to work on research projects.

  • Philipp Schaudy
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Austrian

Philipp Schaudy holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Geography and has studied in Austria, Iceland, and Svalbard. A restless traveler, adventurer, and alpinist, he’s always loved the outdoors.

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  • Rinie van Meurs
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch

Rinie van Meurs has been an expedition leader since 1989, leading hundreds of expeditions all over the polar regions. The Arctic island of Spitsbergen, the largest in the Svalbard archipelago, is as familiar to him as his own back yard.

  • Ali Liddle
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Florence Kuyper
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Sara Jenner
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Christian Engelke
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: German
  • Hans Verdaat
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Eduardo Rubio
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Guatemalan
  • Adam Turner
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Jan Belgers
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Claudio Ghiglione
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Italian
  • Marcel Paul
  • Function: Expedition leader
  • Nationalität: Dutch

Activity staff

  • 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.

Henrik has been diving for over 25 years and teaches all levels of recreational and technical diving up to Advanced Trimix CCR.

He runs the IART (International Association of Rebreather Trainers) Regional Office for Northern Europe and is a member of the IART Board of Advisors.

Henrik is a keen wreck diver and has been involved in deep-wreck expeditions all over the world. Some of the interesting wrecks he has visited are the WW2 disasters General von Steuben and Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic as well as the HMS Victoria ("the vertical wreck") at 145 meters (475 feet) off the Lebanese coast.

His interest in both the ocean and space has engaged him in projects with the European Space Agency (Mars500 Project) and SeaSpace Exploration and Research Society (Project Poseidon), among others.

He has a military background, having served in peace keeping and enforcing missions in the Middle East and former Yugoslavia.

He has been leading dive expeditions in Antarctica and the Arctic for almost 20 years in remote and challenging waters, many of which have never been dived before.

Henrik holds an M.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering and works in the automotive industry when not traveling the polar regions.

He has lived and worked in Tokyo for two years but currently lives in India with his wife, three teenage daughters, and five-year-old son.

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

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

Captains

  • Evgeny Levakov
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Russian

Evgeny Levakov was born in a small village not far from Nerekhta, an ancient Russian town in the Kostroma region. The closest water to his village was a 15,000 square-meter pond.

His family had no relationship with the sea, but when his third grade teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, Evgeny’s answer was clear: “A sailor.”

The teacher replied that this profession did not exist in their area, but young Evgeny was unconvinced. After his mandatory time in the army, he enrolled in Murmansk’s Highest Engineering Marine School to start his naval career.

Evgeny went to sea after graduating, starting in 1984 as third officer on a fleet of fishing vessels in the city of Murmansk. During that time he sailed the waters of Antarctica, South Georgia, the Southern Orkneys, and Elephant Island.

From 1994 to 2000 he worked as chief officer on m/v Professor Molchanov for expedition cruise companies like Quark, Aurora, and Oceanwide. He was promoted to captain soon after.

In the fall of 2010, Evgeny started on m/v Plancius. His main navigational areas are the Arctic and Antarctica, including the Ross Sea and Dumont d’Urville Sea. He’s also sailed the islands of Papua New Guinea and the Amazon River between Belem and Iquitos.

Evgeny has been married since 1978 and considers this the best decision he’s ever made. He has two sons and is the proud grandfather of four grandchildren.

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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.

  • 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.

  • Toni Salo
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Finnish
  • Ernesto Barria
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: Chilean
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  • Joachim Schiel
  • Function: Captain
  • Nationalität: German

Office

Head Office:
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  • Majanda Fens
  • Function: Reservations Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Femke Wolfert
  • Function: Staffing Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Marina Joglar
  • Function: Reservations, North-America
  • Nationalität: American
  • Andreas Diesing
  • Function: Key Account Manager for the German speaking countries
  • Nationalität: German
  • George Janes
  • Function: Senior Copywriter
  • Nationalität: British
  • Elza Back
  • Function: Account Assistant
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Kees Matthes
  • Function: Nautical Superintendent
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Florian J. Piper
  • Function: Director Sales | Arctic program
  • Nationalität: German
  • Piet Vink
  • Function: Managing Director
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Alexandra den Dikken
  • Function: Senior Graphic Designer
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Ko de Korte
  • Function: Consultant
  • Nationalität: Dutch
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  • Erik Hageman
  • Function: CFO
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Stefan Pruimboom
  • Function: Staffing and Operations Advisor
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Michel van Gessel
  • Function: Director
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Sebastiaan Schijf
  • Function: Financial Controller
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Franklin Braeckman
  • Function: Antarctic Program Manager
  • Nationalität: Belgian
  • Michael Frauendorfer
  • Function: Hotel Operations Manager
  • Nationalität: Austrian
  • Marie Rose Porreca
  • Function: Reservations, North-America
  • Nationalität: American
  • Adam Turner
  • Function: CXO - Head of Expedition Operations
  • Nationalität: British
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  • Nyrée Siereveld-Verstraete
  • Function: Account Assistant
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Karin Toornstra
  • Function: Reservations
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Marissa Medrano
  • Function: Accounting
  • Nationalität: American
  • John Yeh
  • Function: Sales Representative China & South Asia & Oceania
  • Nationalität: Chinese
  • Toto Vermue
  • Function: Sales Accountmanager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
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  • Danique van Burken
  • Function: Senior Marketing Manager
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Loraine van Huizen
  • Function: Online Marketeer
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Sasha Rachkova
  • Function: Online Marketeer
  • Nationalität: Russian
  • Dorine van Boekhout
  • Function: Reservations
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Maria del Pilar Fernandez
  • Function: International Sales Manager
  • Nationalität: Chilean
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  • Teun van ‘t Verlaat
  • Function: Technical Superintendent
  • Nationalität: Dutch
  • Gabi Merten
  • Function: Reservations for the German speaking market
  • Nationalität: German
  • Grace Vidal
  • Function: Reservations, North-America
  • Nationalität: American
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