Nuestro Equipo
Expedition staff
- Ali Liddle
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
Ali Liddle grew up in the north of England where, after leaving school, she qualified as a primary school teacher.
After working in a rural school in Cumbria, she traveled Australia and New Zealand, taking a job as a teacher in the Falkland Islands, living on remote farms and teaching children at home.
A year later, she spent nine months overwintering on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, where she served as a post mistress.
Returning to the Falkland Islands again, Ali continued to teach, taking a job at the primary school in Stanley and staying there for the next 15 years.
A subsequent job with Falklands Conservation allowed her to complete a project in environmental education, developing curriculum resources. This led to work as a local tour guide.
Ali has been with Oceanwide Expeditions since 2010, working as a guide, lecturer, and expedition leader in Antarctica and the Arctic. She loves sharing her passion for the polar regions, especially the sub-Antarctic.
- Adam Turner
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
Since Adam was young, he dreamed of working in the Antarctic like his uncle, who had worked there in the late 1980s.
- Christian Engelke
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: German
Since his first vacation to Norway in 1996, Christian Engelke has suffered from “Scandinavia fever.” Since then he has been exploring Norway, Sweden, and Greenland by foot, skis, and kayak.
- Marcel Paul
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Eduardo Rubio
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Guatemalan
- Rinie van Meurs
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Jan Belgers
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Hans Verdaat
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Sara Jenner
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Claudio Ghiglione
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Italian
- Philipp Schaudy
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Austrian
- Florence Kuyper
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Pippa Low
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
Activity staff
- Michael Green
- Function: Dive Team Leader and Advisor
- Nacionalidad: 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
- Nacionalidad: 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
- Nacionalidad: 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.
- Arthur Yakovlev
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Russian
Arthur Yakovlev was born in Petrozavodsk, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia.
- Evgeny Levakov
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: 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.
- Ernesto Barria
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Chilean
- Joachim Schiel
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: German
- Toni Salo
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Finnish
Office
- Nyrée Siereveld-Verstraete
- Function: Account Assistant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Femke Wolfert
- Function: Staffing Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Sasha Rachkova
- Function: Online Marketeer
- Nacionalidad: Russian
- Karin Toornstra
- Function: Reservations
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Alexandra den Dikken
- Function: Senior Graphic Designer
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Michel van Gessel
- Function: Director
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Piet Vink
- Function: Managing Director
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Michael Frauendorfer
- Function: Hotel Operations Manager
- Nacionalidad: Austrian
- Toto Vermue
- Function: Sales Accountmanager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Stefan Pruimboom
- Function: Staffing and Operations Advisor
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Marissa Medrano
- Function: Accounting
- Nacionalidad: American
- Majanda Fens
- Function: Reservations Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Grace Vidal
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Adam Turner
- Function: CXO - Head of Expedition Operations
- Nacionalidad: British
- Teun van ‘t Verlaat
- Function: Technical Superintendent
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- John Yeh
- Function: Sales Representative China & South Asia & Oceania
- Nacionalidad: Chinese
- Franklin Braeckman
- Function: Antarctic Program Manager
- Nacionalidad: Belgian
- Dorine van Boekhout
- Function: Reservations
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Florian J. Piper
- Function: Director Sales | Arctic program
- Nacionalidad: German
- Kees Matthes
- Function: Nautical Superintendent
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Erik Hageman
- Function: CFO
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- George Janes
- Function: Senior Copywriter
- Nacionalidad: British
- Sebastiaan Schijf
- Function: Financial Controller
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Danique van Burken
- Function: Senior Marketing Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Ko de Korte
- Function: Consultant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Elza Back
- Function: Account Assistant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Gabi Merten
- Function: Reservations for the German speaking market
- Nacionalidad: German
- Marie Rose Porreca
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Andreas Diesing
- Function: Key Account Manager for the German speaking countries
- Nacionalidad: German
- Maria del Pilar Fernandez
- Function: International Sales Manager
- Nacionalidad: Chilean
- Marina Joglar
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Loraine van Huizen
- Function: Online Marketeer
- Nacionalidad: Dutch