Environmental Officer Jan Jacob Westerbeek
Jan Jacob Westerbeek was born October 16, 1951 onboard the mv Catharina; his parents have their own shipping company, which has been a family tradition since 1764. He attended boarding school in Rotterdam and sailed as Mate and Master (1967 - 1970) on inland water and coastal cargo vessels during his days and weeks off. After finishing high school, he attended the Royal Dutch Navy to be a nautical officer and left the Navy after a couple of years and studied Civil Engineering at Delft University. He could not forget ships and shipping and started working with Damen Shipyards handling special projects in The Middle East, like the delivering and commissioning of many special vessels to customers in the Middle East. Jan married his wife Marrie in 1986 and has 3 beautiful children: 1 girl (Marjon) and 2 boys (Jan & Jeroen), now 18, 16 and 13 years old. During a period of 4 years, he managed a shipping company as Manager Director but could not forget real sailing and left Seatrade Groningen and started freelance navigating again as Nautical Officer, Mate and Master. In 1997 he did additional studies for his master license square-riggers and made from a long lasting hobby a profession during off periods. He joined Holland America Line in 2004 as an Environmental officer. Hobbies are still sailing on large sailing vessels (Square riggers) and when at home fabricating sea chests from teak wood and building nice constructions in the garden for wife and children.
explorations speaker
series lectures
Join Explorations Speaker Dr. Bernard Stonehouse at 10:45 am in the Queen’s Lounge 8 for his lecture entitled Shackleton – Extraordinary Leader and Explorer. It is a review of one of the more famous explorers, being an account of his spirit and leadership of his men and never having lost a man under his direct command.
q & a with dr. mae jemison
Her amazing life is an inspiration to many and her accomplishments are second to none. At 2:00 pm in the Queen’s Lounge 8, join Dr. Mae Jemison for a questions and answer session hosted by your Cruise Director Bruce.
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