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IPF founder and BELARE expedition leader Alain Hubert and IPF mechanic Tim Grosrenaud retrieve samples for PASPARTOUT project from an autosampler that had been installed the year before.

Scientists from the PASPARTOUT and CRYOS projects camp out in tents at the coast during their field expedition.

For the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT proejct, Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University digs a tench to sample snow layers that have fallen in the past. The further down she digs, the further back into the past she can go.

Scientists from the PASPARTOUT and CRYOS projects camp out in tents at the coast during their field expedition.

Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University takes snow samples for the PASPARTOUT project close to the Princess Ragnhild Coast in East Antarctica. She must be covered in a sterile suit so as not to contaminate the snow samples she collects. The snow samples will be taken back to Belgium and analysed to determine the kinds of particles that can be found in the snow and how they may have been transported to Antarctica through atmospheric circulation.

For the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT proejct, Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University digs a tench to sample snow layers that have fallen in the past. The further down she digs, the further back into the past she can go.

Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University takes snow samples for the PASPARTOUT project close to the Princess Ragnhild Coast in East Antarctica. She must be covered in a sterile suit so as not to contaminate the snow samples she collects. The snow samples will be taken back to Belgium and analysed to determine the kinds of particles that can be found in the snow and how they may have been transported to Antarctica through atmospheric circulation.

Scientists from the PASPARTOUT and CRYOS projects camp out in tents at the coast during their field expedition.

For the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT proejct, Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University digs a tench to sample snow layers that have fallen in the past. The further down she digs, the further back into the past she can go.