POWERED BY OCEAN
ABOUT US
We collaborate with world-class mentors, scientists, and expeditions to build tools and initiatives that make a real difference.
WHERE WE THRIVE
At OCEANhab, we thrive with few boundaries. Embracing projects that challenge conventional thinking and push the limits of creativity.
CONTACT US
E-mail: hello@oceanhab.org
Worldwide projects
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The Canary Islands
The Arctic
OCEANHAB FOUNDERS
OCEANhab is led by founders with complementary backgrounds in marine science, maritime operations, and concept development. Their shared focus is on creating long-term initiatives that connect people, knowledge, and ocean environments in new and durable ways.
LENA FAGERWING
Lena Fagerwing is the founder of OCEANhab and a marine biologist with a master’s degree in fisheries management. She is known for thinking outside established frameworks and for developing new ways of connecting people, ideas, and the ocean.
Rather than following traditional conservation models, Lena works across disciplines; combining science, creativity, culture, and digital formats to explore how quality of life for people and ocean systems can grow together. She has initiated and led a range of unconventional projects, from creative environmental initiatives to new educational and community-driven formats.
PETER FAGERWING
Peter Fagerwing is a retired merchant marine officer and work diver with decades of experience at sea. His background includes worldwide tanker shipping, offshore supply operations, and Arctic expeditions, with hands-on responsibility in demanding and often remote environments.
As a captain, Peter has operated across complex maritime contexts where safety, precision, and sound judgement are critical. His experience brings real-world operational knowledge, seamanship, and leadership to OCEANhab. Grounding the organization in practical understanding of life and work at sea.
HFX AMBASSADORS
HFX brings together individuals whose experience, choices, and long-term commitment give weight to the work. More info at holdfastx.org
LI KARLSÉN
Li Karlsén is a world-record freediver and explorer. She holds a record for the longest under-ice freedive in Greenland, swimming approximately 75 m beneath pack ice without oxygen support or safety lines. A feat that pushed physical and mental limits in one of the planet’s harshest environments. Li is an active HFX ambassador and mentor in the HFX Masterclass.
NINA JENSEN
Nina Jensen is one of Norway’s most prominent voices in global ocean conservation. Formerly CEO of WWF Norway, she is now CEO of REV Ocean, leading one of the world’s most ambitious research and expedition vessels dedicated to ocean science. Nina represents strategic leadership, credibility at the highest level, and long-term commitment to protecting ocean ecosystems.
SAMUEL MASSIE
Samuel Massie is an explorer, author, and adventurer with expeditions ranging from Antarctica to deeply personal journeys closer to home. He is widely known for turning exploration into something human and accessible, including bringing his grandfather on bucket-list adventures late in life. Samuel represents curiosity, intergenerational perspective, and the idea that exploration is as much about people as places.
SVEN YRVIND
Sven Yrvind is an 86-year-old pioneer in small-boat design and long-distance sailing. Known for designing and sailing radically small vessels across oceans, he has spent a lifetime challenging assumptions about safety, self-reliance, and how little is actually needed to go far. Sven represents independence, patience, and thinking beyond conventions, shaped over decades at sea.
HFX Mentors
LI KARLSÉN
Li holds a record for the longest under-ice freedive in Greenland, swimming approximately 75 m beneath pack ice without oxygen support or safety lines. Her work focuses on resilience, breathwork, and practical tools for living better over time.
JILL HEINERTH
Jill Heinerth is one of the world’s most accomplished cave divers and underwater explorers. She was the first person to dive inside Antarctic icebergs and has led expeditions beneath ice caps and deep within submerged cave systems on multiple continents.
THE MACLEAN BROTHERS
Scottish brothers Jamie, Ewan, and Lachlan Maclean. In August 2025, they set the world record for the fastest non-stop, unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean, rowing ~9,000 miles from Peru to Cairns, Australia in 139 days, beating the previous record.
CHRISTA FUNK
Christa Funk is a professional underwater pipeline photographer working in industrial and technically demanding marine environments. Her work requires precision diving, situational awareness, and calm execution under pressure, often in low visibility and complex conditions.
ELLA HIBBERT
British sailor on her Ella in the Arctic expedition. In 2025, she became the first British woman to sail solo through the Northwest Passage during her wider Arctic campaign. She is preparing to continue her expedition, for the Northeast passage in 2026.
SEAS THE DAY TEAM
British ocean-rowing duo Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne. In October 2025, they completed a record-setting, non-stop and unsupported Pacific crossing from Lima, Peru to Cairns, Australia in 165 days (over 8,000 nautical miles).
KNIT FOR WILDLIFE
HFX brings together individuals whose experience, choices, and long-term commitment give weight to the work. More info at holdfastx.org
LENA FAGERWING
Initiator and curator of Knit for Wildlife, responsible for shaping each residency, its themes, structure, and long-term development, connecting craft, science, and biodiversity through open-access formats.
GABBY
Coordinates scientific input and ensures accuracy and relevance of the ecological themes addressed in each cohort, bridging research, species knowledge, and creative interpretation.
gabriella.giannone@knitforwildlife.org
LIBBY RUSH
Alumni from the first Knit for Wildlife cohort. Provides knitting-specific guidance and practical insight from a maker’s perspective, supporting pattern development and the knitter experience.
libby.rush@knitforwildlife.org
Residency Mentors
JESSICA HEMMINGS
Textile scholar and Professor of Craft and Design Research. Focus on textile narrative, storytelling, and the role of making as a carrier of meaning and cultural memory.
KATE ATHERLEY
Knitwear designer and technical expert. Contributing expertise in pattern construction, grading, and knit design methodology.
Collab Credits
We’ve worked on ocean projects long before HoldFastX.
Lena has done an excellent job for us, with the development of new websites and a dedicated e-magazine initiative.
If you need a self-driven, creative, constructive, and ocean-savvy mind, Lena is the answer!
She sees opportunities and solves every challenge along the way. Highly recommended as a sparring partner, collaborator, and loyal project manager.