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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!

  • Unloading the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay

    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.  

  • Reconnaissance survey towards the Antarctic Plateau

    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.

  • Thierry Touchais, the IPF executive director, during his speech at CryoSat-2 launch event at ESOC (8 April 2010)

    Successful launch of CryoSat-2

    Posted on the 05.05.2010 by Michel Brent

    During the Arctic Arc Expedirion of 2007, Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer had collected snow samples during the entire crossing of the arctic ice pack. The datas have been made on behalf of ESA as a technical partner for the further launching of the new european satellite CryoSat-2.