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BELARE 2007-08: Coming Home after an Outstanding Achievement

Alain Hubert and the last members of the BELARE 2007-08 expedition have made it home after accomplishing an historic task: successfully completing the first phase of the construction of Belgium's new Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the world's first-ever "zero emission" polar research station.

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