ABOUT POLAR LATITUDES EXPEDITIONS
Anthonie Luteijn is a passionate polar guide, surfer, and life-long ocean lover. His deep passion for travel has taken him around the world, and he particularly enjoys the diversity of different countries and the fascinating people he meets along the way. Anthone grew up in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, after which he moved to Delft, where he completed his Master’s Degree in Hydraulic Engineering at the Technical University of Delft. He has a coastal specialization, which embraces a great interest in Oceanography. To Anthonie, the ocean is a diverse and endlessly fascinating place that feels likje home.
Luyang Zhao joined us as Assistant Expedition Leader in 2019, and is now a highly skilled Expedition Leader. Born in Beijing, China, Luyang moved to Chile with his parents when he was still a teenager. He studied Cultural Tourism at the university there, earning his MBA, but soon discovered his dual passions when he began working as a translator and guide in the polar regions, where he could flex both his leadership talents and natural people skills. Luyang has a strong passion for the history of both Antarctica and the Arctic, and is fluent in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. On board, he prefers to be called “Lu.”
Tania Jeken joined us 2024, but has been shining as an Assistant Expedition Leader ever since. Her passion for travel has taken her to more than 138 countries over the past twelve years, and in this time, her career has continually grown and developed, leading to her current role, sharing the fascinating polar regions with wide-eyed guests on behalf of Polar latitudes Expeditions. Tania was born in Cape Town, South Africa - and grew up on a farm in Herbertsdale along the Garden Route, where she developed her deep love for nature and the outdoors.
Maximiliano Gohde , born and raised in Ushuaia, has been working exclusively for us since 2023. His relationship with Antarctica began as a child, since his father worked for USARP aboard the M/V Hero, and would often share stories of the White Continent. Maximiliano’s fascinating past includes jobs as a snowboard instructor, a firefighter, and a helmsman on a motor sailing yacht. By the age of 26, his career path finally brought him back to Antarctica, and his passion for this untouched part of the world grows stronger with every journey. While his primary role is that of a guide, he is also well-versed in botany, birds and marine mammals.
Diego Punta Fernandez has worked exclusively with us since 2019. Diego is an avid birder and naturalist with more than a decade of polar experience. A resident of Patagonia, he has a long history of guiding groups to the most isolated and unique places in the world, such as Argentina’s El Chaltén, the Norwegian fjords, Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, and Antarctica. Diego has developed many conservation projects in South Patagonia, and even finds time to run his own publishing company, 49Southphoto, which has published several guides to the flora and fauna of Patagonia, Antarctica, and the Arctic regions.
Nate Small makes his annual migration between Antarctica and the Arctic, following the Arctic Terns around the world each year. A veteran of nearly 100 polar voyages, Nate never tires of sharing his enduring passion for the natural world with our mesmerized guests. He is enthusiastic about all forms of wildlife (though he remains convinced he has close relatives in the whale family). An entrepreneur devoted to all things marine (and especially whale) related, Nate is co- founder of Marine Guide Training, and a co-owner and operator of Seasmoke Whale Watching in British Colombia. He is also an accomplished carpenter.
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