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Here I write about climate change and Polar Regions - but also about anything else that strikes my fancy.
I'll try to post here as often as I can. But keep in mind I'm a very busy guy, so please cut me some slack if you don't hear from me for a while!
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BELARE 2011-2012: Facing the challenge
Posted on the 07.03.2012 by Alain Hubert
As winter approaches, the last occupants of Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Antarctic Station have departed. Alain Hubert looks back on the BELARE 2011-12, one of the most challenging seasons faced by the team so far.
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We’re all exhausted ...
Posted on the 17.02.2012 by Alain Hubert
There’s a high degree of fatigue among the IPF team in this season’s closing period. Yet more than ever we have to make sure everything is done with maximum security and within satisfactory comfort.
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The end-of-season stress
Posted on the 17.02.2012 by Alain Hubert
At this time of year the same question regularly crops up : how shall we manage to complete all the work that has to be done before our time is up ?
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A Very Busy Season
Posted on the 30.01.2012 by Alain Hubert
Once our equipment unloaded from the Mary Arctica, the team came back without hindrance to the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA), and we started working straight away.
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Alain Hubert talks about the unloading of the Mary Arctica
Posted on the 14.01.2012 by Michel Brent
In this short interview, Alain Hubert gives us his perspective on the Mary Arctica being blocked in the ice and the unloading operations.
