How can we get arctic tourists involved with the issue of marine litter? Early 2023 I discussed this with AECO, the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators. We decided to develop some tools, ao a set of Marine Litter ID…
Summer 2022 I was invited to join SEES, a multidisciplinary Dutch research expedition to Svalbard. On 3 locations we carried out a marine litter survey, identifying numerous litter items from teh fishing industry. Rosenberg beach, Edgeoya: collecting litter on the…
How would you feel about building an installation in Rotterdam’s smallest gallery? This question by Annegret Kellner brought me to De Aanschouw on 29 September with a load of material and a plan. The installation depicts the miniature toy cruise ship Mauretania…
July 2022 I was in the Arctic with 50 researchers, ao climate scientists. We managed to investigate beach litter at 3 locations on Spitsbergen, Edgeoya and Barentsoya. And even in such extremely remote places, plastic can be found everywhere. Many…
July 10 I will travel to Svalbard for the SEES Arctic research expedition. During this voyage several researches will investigate developments in the Arctic. My role in the expedition is to investigate the types and sources of plastic objects on…
In November 2019 I was in Sisimiut (West Greenland) to investigate the types and sources of marine litter. For 1 week a great team of researchers, local and national Greenland government officials, fisheries experts, teachers and a waste manager went…
Wellcome to LeewaysMarine.com Providing environmental services for healthy Oceans. Current projects include: Arctic Marine Litter research Springtij Forum Raising awareness on ship emissions Chances for multi-use in Offshore Windfarms Climate Cleanup
Shipping in the Arctic has been increasing steadily and is expected to grow rapidly in the near future. Since 2016 I work with the Clean Arctic Alliance, an international coalition of NGO’s, aiming to ban Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) in…
September 2018 I was back on Svalbard to investigate the type and sources of marine litter. Part of the plastic litter washing up on the beaches in this remote area are carried over long distance by the Gulf Stream. Other…
In May-June 2017 I carried out a research project on Marine Litter in the Arctic. The expedition which I carried out with Wouter Jan Strietman, took us to Jan Mayen and Svalbard. Jan Mayen is one of the remotest islands…
