Nuestro Equipo
Expedition staff
- Eduardo Rubio
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Guatemalan
Eduardo is an astronomer with a passion for sharing nature with others. After studying physics, he got his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Amsterdam in 2010.
He followed his postdoctoral position by becoming a lecturer of physics and astronomy as well as an expedition guide. In 2018, he became a full-time Oceanwide guide in the Arctic and Antarctica.
Eduardo’s interests vary from astronomy to the history of exploration. During his voyages, he offers lectures about polar explorers, Antarctic research (particularly in astronomy), oceanography, and other topics.
He especially loves showing constellations to our guests while at sea, pointing out their names and lore. Eduardo always aims to raise enthusiasm for and awareness of science, highlighting the unique and fragile planet that supports us.
Born in Guatemala in 1978, Eduardo speaks Spanish, English, and German.
- Claudio Ghiglione
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Italian
Claudio was born in Italy in 1983. He is a nature photographer, expedition guide, and marine ecologist specializing in the polar regions.
- Sara Jenner
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
For as long as Sara can remember, she has had a passion for travel and for finding the wildest and most remote places on Earth.
- Florence Kuyper
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Pippa Low
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Hans Verdaat
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Ali Liddle
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Adam Turner
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Rinie van Meurs
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Philipp Schaudy
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Austrian
- Christian Engelke
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: German
- Marcel Paul
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Jan Belgers
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
Activity staff
- 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.
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
- Nacionalidad: British
Michael began diving in 1980, training with the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Harbour.
Captains
- Ernesto Barria
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: 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.
A beach guard by the age of 16, Ernesto’s favorite sport when he was young was swimming. When he finished high school, he moved to Puerto Montt, one of the most important ports in Chile. There he started his studies to become a merchant marine officer.
By his graduation in 1991, he’d already begun to sail on different vessels around Puerto Montt.
Ernesto became first officer of Antarctic Dream in 2005, beginning by navigating in Antarctica and later the Arctic. In 2011 he obtained the rank of captain, and in 2015 he was chosen as the best officer of the Chilean merchant navy.
Ernesto became a captain for Oceanwide Expeditions on Ortelius in 2013.
When he’s not working, Ernesto loves to travel around Chile with his family. He enjoys scuba diving, swimming, cycling, and photography, which has become his favorite hobby.
- Joachim Schiel
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: German
Born near the German city of Cologne, Joachim Schiel grew up some distance from the coast. His first contact with vessels came from the yearly sailing trips he made with a youth group on the Baltic.
- 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.
- Toni Salo
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Finnish
- Remmert Koster
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Arthur Yakovlev
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Russian
Office
- Michel van Gessel
- Function: Director
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Adam Turner
- Function: CXO - Head of Expedition Operations
- Nacionalidad: British
- Franklin Braeckman
- Function: Antarctic Program Manager
- Nacionalidad: Belgian
- Jeroen Blanken
- Function: Hotel Operations Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Erik Hageman
- Function: CFO
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Dorine van Boekhout
- Function: Reservations
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Marie Rose Porreca
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Florian J. Piper
- Function: Director Sales | Arctic program
- Nacionalidad: German
- Karin Toornstra
- Function: Reservations
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Loraine van Huizen
- Function: Online Marketeer
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Ko de Korte
- Function: Consultant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Gabi Merten
- Function: Reservations for the German speaking market
- Nacionalidad: German
- Danique van Burken
- Function: Senior Marketing Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Sebastiaan Schijf
- Function: Financial Controller
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Stefan Pruimboom
- Function: Staffing and Operations Advisor
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Matt Cutts
- Function: Content Writer
- Nacionalidad: American
- Piet Vink
- Function: Managing Director
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Nyrée Siereveld-Verstraete
- Function: Account Assistant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Toto Vermue
- Function: Sales Accountmanager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Majanda Fens
- Function: Reservations Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Andreas Diesing
- Function: Key Account Manager for the German speaking countries
- Nacionalidad: German
- Teun van ‘t Verlaat
- Function: Technical Superintendent
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Maria del Pilar Fernandez
- Function: International Sales Manager
- Nacionalidad: Chilean
- Marina Joglar
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Elza Back
- Function: Account Assistant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Iris van Zalinge
- Function: Sales Accountmanager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Grace Vidal
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Alexandra den Dikken
- Function: Senior Graphic Designer
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Femke Wolfert
- Function: Staffing Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch