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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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Join the growing Climate Wave in Brussels (EU area) on 5 december 2009
Posted on the 04.12.2009 by Alain Hubert
Saturday 5th December, join the growing Climate Wave. Brussels, 25th November 2009: International negotiations on the climate will be reaching a decisive turning point this coming 7th to 18th December. If these talks do not result in a solid agreement, it will not be just the environment that will suffer the consequences, but entire human populations. Business and social circles will
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Live from the Antarctic
Posted on the 02.12.2009 by Michel Brent
Thursday, 03 December: we have a telephone appointment this evening with Alain Hubert, who left for the Antarctic a month ago. He will tell us how the Belgian station seemed to him after eight months of absence, what his daily work consists of, how the Japanese who came to visit the station a few days ago reacted and which tasks are
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Welcome to my new website
Posted on the 17.11.2009 by Alain Hubert
I finally had the time to work on the long overdue redesign of my website with the geeks at the International Polar Foundation. I hope you will enjoy this new version, which I will try to update as often as possible with the help of my long time friend Michel Brent.
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BELARE 2009-2010: the new season has just begun
Posted on the 27.10.2009 by Michel Brent
After the briefing of Friday October 16th in the headquarters of the IPF, we can now confirm that the new season for the Princess Elisabeth Station has started! 44 people will take part in this season, staying between 1 and 5 months on the spot. The objective for this year is to finalize the tests of all the technical systems of the station.
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UNICEF mission in Pakistan
Posted on the 10.07.2009 by Michel Brent
At the end of June, I participated in a mission organised by UNICEF Belgium in Pakistan as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. We left for the Mardan district where whole families fled their homes to avoid getting caught up in fights between the army and Islamists in the Swat Valley area.
