Arrival in Brussels & Press Conference

Published on 20.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

They'll soon be back home

They'll soon be back home

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The Arctic Arc expedition is awaited at the Zaventem airport in Brussels today, Wednesday. For those who wish to welcome home our Belgian heroes, meet them in the arrival hall at 4 pm.

A press conference will be held on the 4th floor of the Zaventem airport, in the Skyport Corporate Meeting Center at 5 pm. Videos of the Greenland pick up will be available for the press and both men will be available for interviews and questions.

A press pack is available on this website:

Additional material

High resolution pictures can be bought from Photonews. Video footage of the expedition is available from MDW Productions.

Michel de Vinck (Pictures)
m (dot) devinck (at) photonews (dot) be
Phone: +32 (0)475 755 037

Michel de Wouters (Video)
mdw (dot) productions (at) skynet (dot) be
Phone: +32 (0)2 648 72 64

Press contact

Philippe Gosseries
philippe (dot) gosseries (at) polarfoundation (dot) org
Phone: +32 (0)475 596 112

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