Miriam Vermeij Guide
Miriam's interest in nature led her to environmental science studies and she’s got a degree with a specialisation on soil pollution. Nowadays Miriam is a self-employed environmental planning officer working part time guiding travellers in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
In her youth, Miriam travelled a lot with her parents and sister in Europe. She developed an interest in nature at an early age and spent most of her free time outdoors exploring local insects and plants in the Netherlands. Her interest in nature led her to environmental science studies and she’s got a degree with a specialisation on soil pollution. Nowadays Miriam is a self-employed environmental planning officer.
In 1999 Miriam’s travels outside Europe started and after a trip to South America, the Falklands and Antarctica in 2006 she got the passion for the poles. The first contact with the Arctic was in 2011 and after another trip in 2013 she came back as field assistant on the Dutch polar expedition (SEES) in 2015 and to the Dutch polar station in Ny Alesund in 2016. Since 2017 she has been guiding in the Arctic, followed by the Antarctic in 2018.
In the Netherlands, Miriam has been a nature guide since 2003. First in the local forest and since 2008 also in one of Netherland's largest national parks: De Biesbosch. There she guides groups with school kids and adults on walking and boating trips. She is also part of the board that manages the local forest.
