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Volver no es solo la letra de un tango

March 27, 2017

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Más familias antárticas

March 24, 2017

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The crew

March 19, 2017

The research vessel Hesperides’ crew is a reflection of what Spain is like nowadays: young, educated, and polite, it only needs to have a Twitter account!

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Un mensaje de gratitud: la Antártida es nuestra casa

March 16, 2017

Valentin sends a message of gratitude from Ushuaia.

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Last blog from my trip to Antarctica

March 13, 2017

After 129 days, my travel blog about Antartica concludes here. However, my writings, my blog, and my social networks will go on. Thank you all for helping me share The Adventure of the Sciences. The journey continues…

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Lord have mercy on us

March 13, 2017

For five months now, I have shared with different teams here in Antarctica the daily bread, the military discipline, and strange prayer that each afternoon the watch officer recites from the Hesperides’ bridge: “Lord, creator of storms and calmness, have mercy…

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Portraits: Part 13

March 13, 2017

This section is meant as a testimony of the men and women-more than 200 people, including scientists, officers, sailors, soldiers, technicians and journalists-who participated in the 30th Spanish scientific expedition to Antarctica.

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Brave but underpaid Scientists

March 12, 2017

Day 128, Sunday, March 12th, 2017, Lon 56º 01 S, Lat 67º 17 W. One could imagine that the incredibly talented Spanish scientists, that I have met during my trip to Antarctica, despite not being paid appropriately by the Spanish…