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Quentin Vanhellemont from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) samples microbes from inside an open top chamber, which raises temperatures compared to the outside in order to mimic climate change fo the EXPOSOILS project.

Björn Tytgat from Ghent University adjusts the snow fence in the specially protected area where the BELSPO-funded EXPOSOILS project is examining how microbial communities might change as the climate warms.

Quentin Vanhellemont from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) samples microbes in a dry valley not far from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica for the BELSPO-funded EXPOSOILS project.

Alain Hubert and the logistics team ran into some bad weather on the way back from unloading the cargo ship at the coast, forcing them to overnight 128 km from PEA. You can never tell how the weather will be in Antarctica, and safety always comes first!

With unloading of the cargo ship complete, it's time for the convoy to head back to PEA with all the equipment and supplies that have just arrived.

The years of experience the IPF has gained handling logistics in Antarctica helps make the unloading of the ship go quickly and smoothly.

The IPF team hard at work unloading cargo from the ship!

Once the cargo has bene unloaded, it is placed on specially made sledges for transport back to PEA.

Alain Hubert, Tim Grosrenaud and Eric Rignot performing CTD measurement at the edge of the ice shelf along King Baudouin Ice shelf (princess Ragnhild coast/Queen Maud land) for the NISAR project.