Nuestro Equipo
Expedition staff
- Florence Kuyper
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: 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.
- 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.
- Philipp Schaudy
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: 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.
- Eduardo Rubio
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Guatemalan
- Hans Verdaat
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Rinie van Meurs
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Adam Turner
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Claudio Ghiglione
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Italian
- Marcel Paul
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Pippa Low
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Ali Liddle
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: British
- Jan Belgers
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Christian Engelke
- Function: Expedition leader
- Nacionalidad: German
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
- 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.
After finishing school, serving in the military, and working a few different jobs, he started an apprenticeship in boat building. It was not long, however, before he realized he would rather work on vessels at sea than in the shipyard.
So in 1998, he started his sailing career on tall ships. Over the following years, he sailed during the summer and attended nautical college in Enkhuizen during the winter. This led to sailing on many different vessels all over the world before he became a captain in 2006.
He first sailed to Svalbard in 2009 and instantly fell in love with the Arctic, preferring to sail in the far north ever since. He has been on Rembrandt van Rijn since 2017, making voyages in Northern Norway, Svalbard, and East Greenland.
When Joachim is not sailing the polar regions, he likes to go hiking and diving in the warmer areas of the world.
- 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.
- 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.
- Toni Salo
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Finnish
- Evgeny Levakov
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Russian
- Ernesto Barria
- Function: Captain
- Nacionalidad: Chilean
Office
- Majanda Fens
- Function: Reservations Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Kees Matthes
- Function: Nautical Superintendent
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Marina Joglar
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Nyrée Siereveld-Verstraete
- Function: Account Assistant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Loraine van Huizen
- Function: Online Marketeer
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Dorine van Boekhout
- Function: Reservations
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Franklin Braeckman
- Function: Antarctic Program Manager
- Nacionalidad: Belgian
- Alexandra den Dikken
- Function: Senior Graphic Designer
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Stefan Pruimboom
- Function: Staffing and Operations Advisor
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Karin Toornstra
- Function: Reservations
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Adam Turner
- Function: CXO - Head of Expedition Operations
- Nacionalidad: British
- John Yeh
- Function: Sales Representative China & South Asia & Oceania
- Nacionalidad: Chinese
- Erik Hageman
- Function: CFO
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Florian J. Piper
- Function: Director Sales | Arctic program
- Nacionalidad: German
- Michel van Gessel
- Function: Director
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Marie Rose Porreca
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Elza Back
- Function: Account Assistant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Gabi Merten
- Function: Reservations for the German speaking market
- Nacionalidad: German
- Danique van Burken
- Function: Senior Marketing Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Ko de Korte
- Function: Consultant
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Piet Vink
- Function: Managing Director
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Grace Vidal
- Function: Reservations, North-America
- Nacionalidad: American
- Maria del Pilar Fernandez
- Function: International Sales Manager
- Nacionalidad: Chilean
- Teun van ‘t Verlaat
- Function: Technical Superintendent
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Toto Vermue
- Function: Sales Accountmanager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Andreas Diesing
- Function: Key Account Manager for the German speaking countries
- Nacionalidad: German
- Femke Wolfert
- Function: Staffing Manager
- Nacionalidad: Dutch
- Sebastiaan Schijf
- Function: Financial Controller
- Nacionalidad: Dutch