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Yesterday we participated in the inauguration of the station, together with different VIPs such as our Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem and Minister of Scientific Policy Sabine Laruelle. Schneider Electric was represented bu Gilles Vermot-Desroches, Senior VP Sustainable Development. Sabine[...]]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:17:00 +0100 8df29ac90b6166dfa38ba37b755b67a5 http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-28035014-6.html#anchorComment http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-28007938.html
After a week of hard work, we’re enjoying a day off. The weather has been very nice the past few days. We were even able to have lunch outside! We’re making good progress. The first wind turbines are connected to our general low voltage panel and provide our energy. Some of the systems are[...]]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:04:00 +0100 bd4a6685f25c585e4e81ac7cc0337a1c http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-28007938-6.html#anchorComment http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27726845.html
Today is February the 2nd, 11 pm and It’s minus 15° in my tent. We have been here for three days now, but time is passing quickly. There are some 50 persons living in the basecamp, making it kind of overcrowded. In order for the kitchen crew to cope with this amount of people, lunch and dinner[...]]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:21:00 +0100 971b7afaf4771b8eb5a364e28d6ce376 http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27726845-6.html#anchorComment http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27506793.html
On january the 30th we left the NOVO station where we were stuck because of the bad weather. We reached Utsteinen after a 1 h 30 min flight on a relatively small plane crowded with sixteen team members and a lot of cargo. Since there wasn’t enough space on the plane, we had to leave a part of[...]]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:32:00 +0100 97f32bf2df359c2401c048eaf1d90afd http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27506793-6.html#anchorComment http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27459020.html
As a result of the delay due to bad weather conditions we only left Cape Town the 28th. At 10 am we took off for the Norwegian NOVO station in northern Antarctica. The plane to Antarctica: an Ilyushin 76TD with Russian crew. There were 10 rows with 6 seats in the airplane. Depending on the[...]]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:36:00 +0100 d30ae0b5c21bd4d060642fc30fefd648 http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27459020-6.html#anchorComment http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27451391.html Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:09:00 +0100 69fe6b6ba9b9acf4af83c758d4713fdd http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-27451391-6.html#anchorComment http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-26730214.html
Hello, I'm Wim Van Belle, a Schneider Electric employee in Belgium. Together with my colleague Jean Chalon, I will join the next Belare Expedition* (Belgium Antarctic Research Expedition) and leave for Antarctica on January the 23th. During one month, we will be working on the research station[...]]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:00 +0100 631519252707478165d2bd6b413abe57 http://wiminantarctica-2008.over-blog.com/article-26730214-6.html#anchorComment