News

This section is featuring the latest news regarding adventure in the polar regions and from the expeditions we are following closely.

  • What is Adventure Nowadays?

    Published on 21.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    The Arctic Arc expedition arrived on time at the Zaventem airport in Brussels yesterday. Before appearing on the television set for the evening news, the two men had enough time to briefly go over the big lines of the adventure.

  • Arrival in Brussels & Press Conference

    Published on 20.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    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.

  • Four in One

    Published on 18.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    By managing this novel crossing, Siberia-Greenland, The Arctic Arc has pulled off a historical success. This represents a multifaceted achievement.(Monday afternoon: still no news concerning the return date of The Arctic Arc).

  • Pair waiting for the Twin

    Published on 16.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    Since Thursday midday, both men are waiting besides the moutains. The support team and the film crew are in Resolute Bay, waiting for a good weather forecast.

  • Figures That Make Your Flesh Creep…

    Published on 16.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    After these 106 days in the field, we wanted to give the floor to the researchers and to the specialists. Whence our meeting with Thierry Fichefet, Professor Of Climatology at the UCL (University of Louvain-la-Neuve) in order to ask him about the state of scientific knowledge on the melt of the Arctic pack ice. The figures that he gave make your flesh creep.

  • Why?

    Published on 15.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    Here are the reasons explaining why the expedition The Arctic Arc had to stop along the coast of Greenland and not continue their journey to the south of the island as previously planned.

  • 10 Kilometres from the End…

    Published on 14.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    Today will probably be a big day for the expedition The Arctic Arc. Last night, they only had 10 km left before reaching Greenland.

  • They have done it !

    Published on 14.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer have finally reached the northern coast of Greenland this morning. It was 11 45 AM (GMT+2) when the two Belgian explorers arrived at the northern coast of Greenland.

  • Ghosts and Phantasmagoria

    Published on 13.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    The expedition's landscapes have come to a beautiful ending. Since yesterday, Hubert and Dansercoer have been progressing in an almost unreal world.

  • Don’t get lost

    Published on 12.06.2007 - The Arctic Arc

    At the end of this extraordinary and historical odyssey, here are some useful pieces of information and tips on how explorers find their way about in polar regions.

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