With great sadness in our wild hearts, we share that our mentor, our hero and friend, passed away on June 23rd.

Stijn Thoolen has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct research at Concordia, Antarctica from November 2019 up to and including the beginning of 2021. We occasionally receive an update from Stijn about his findings on this small, isolated part of the world. Today the sixth piece, where he tells us his first winterover experiences on Antarctica, isolated from the rest of the world, and the COVID-19 outbreak.

Stijn Thoolen has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct research at Concordia, Antarctica from November 2019 up to and including the beginning of 2021. We occasionally receive an update from Stijn about his findings on this small, isolated part of the world. Today the fifth piece, where he tells us about his preparations for winter times on Antarctica.

Benoît Massereel took part in the Kilimanjaro expedition course at the beginning of 2020, read all about his experience here!

Imke van Brink participated in the fourth Medicine in Extremes conference on the 31st of January 2020. She shares her experiences in this post! In deze beschrijving deelt ze haar ervaringen!