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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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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...
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The Convoy of Happiness
Posted on the 17.12.2011 by Alain Hubert
I would like to return to the unfolding of our last scientific mission to the Princess Ragnild coast. Simply because it typifies so well the very essence of my commitment in the Antarctic : to help the people to better understand the importance of scientific researches in the polar regions.
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Two missions : two successes
Posted on the 16.12.2011 by Alain Hubert
The new BELARE season of the Belgian PEA Station in Utsteinen/Antarctica has been opened on 16 November 2011 with 11 people disembarking on the site. Since then, we have conducted two important missions. Both were completely successful.
