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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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Research Lab

La Antártida interpela nuestro analfabetismo medioambiental

March 16, 2017

The unique beauty and fragility of the Antarctic ecosystem highlights our ignorance about the environment, but at the same time it forces us to make a decision and take some responsibility. More information here: Program in Spanish: «SENTINEL: La Antártida como centinela de la contaminación global». Tags: #COP #contaminación #Convenio…

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HISTORY

Buenos Aires awaits me

March 15, 2017

After five months of a wonderful trip, I could not imagine a better epilogue to my trip. The Spanish Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has invited me to give a talk about my trip to Antarctica. They have titled my…

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Travel Diary

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…

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