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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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The right choices, the right decisions
Posted on the 28.03.2011 by Alain Hubert
Now at the end of its second operating season, the overall assessment that we can draw from the early days of the Princess Elisabeth station is more than positive. For instance, we now know that we made the right choices for the base and the decisions taken were also the right ones.
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Polar Ice Sheets Becoming Main Contributors to Sea Level Rise
Posted on the 20.03.2011 by Alain Hubert
Everyonce in a while, I draw your attention upon an article which I find important. Today, the subject concerns the sea level rise. Quite an important matter. And this time no doubt anymore about its origin.
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Princess Elisabeth Station: All Going According to Plan
Posted on the 09.02.2011 by Alain Hubert
Between November and February, I usually don’t publish much news on my website. This is due to the fact that, at that time, I am on an assignment at the Princess Elisabeth Station. And that all the news concerning my activities is published in detail on the website dedicated to the station. I’m nevertheless benefiting from
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Back to Princess Elisabeth Station, Utsteinen, Antarctica
Posted on the 06.11.2010 by Michel Brent
Last Friday (5 November), Alain Hubert left Brussels and IPF headquarters for CapeTown where he will be soon ready to fly to Utsteinen/Antarctica and open the Princess Elisabeth Station for another Belare season.
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Alain Hubert inaugurates New Building for the Collège du Biéreau
Posted on the 22.10.2010 by Michel Brent
The president of the International Polar Foundation and famous polar explorer Alain Hubert attended the inauguration of the new “Métis” building at the Collège du Biéreau in Louvain-la-Neuve on October 8th.
