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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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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.
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Critical situation at the PEA
Posted on the 31.12.2011 by Michel Brent
The Ice Class vessel Mary Arctica, which has to bring all the material (food and equipment) at the PEA station for the rest of the season, is blocked by the ice. She should have arrived on 24 December. The situation is more than serious...
