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Alain
Hubert, Expedition Leader
48
years old, Belgian, mountain climber, married with three children.
Trained as a civil engineer. Cabinet-maker and mountain guide, lecturer,
and technical adviser.
Numerous
ascents in the Alps including a good number of great classical itineraries.
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1983:
first ascent of the East ridge of Ama Dablam (with Andr‚ Georges),
Nepal.
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1989:
winter attempt, Cho Oyu, SW face (8201 m), Nepal.
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1990:
direct ascent, Cho Oyu, North face (8201m), Tibet.
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1991-99:
5 attempts on Everest (without oxygen), North face, South ridge
and NNE ridge, Tibet and Nepal.
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1990-2001:
ski treks in Spitzbergen, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Alaska, Greenland,
Iceland, Antarctica and Arctic Ocean.
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1991:
ski expedition, 600 km unassisted across Baffin Island, with Pierre
Dillenbourg and Didier Goetghebuer.
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1994:
expedition to the Geographical North Pole with Didier Goetghebuer
(1100 km unassisted, an resupply en route).
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1995
and 1997: crossing Greenland with skis and powerkites.
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1997-98:
3924 km crossing of the entire continent of Antarctica with sails,
in 99 days, to this day the greatest crossing ever accomplished
on foot and skis with only the help of power sails.
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1999-2000:
Reconnaissance mission to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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2000-2001:
First climbing the sheer wall of the Holtanna and other peaks in
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Publications
:
L'Enfer Blanc, North Pole Expedition, 1994, Labor, Bruxelles,
1994.
www.antarctica.org : 52' film about the South Through
the Pole Expedition, 1997-98, by Michel de Wouters Productions, Brussels:
First Prize of the Adventure Film Festival in Dijon(France), 1999
and First Prize of the Mountain Film Festival in Trente (Italy), 2001.
"Cent Jours pour l'Antarctique, la grande traversée",
Labor, Brussels 1998, translated into Dutch and English (In the Teeth
of the Wind). Won First Prize at the Adventure Book Festival, in Dijon
(France), 1999.
Dixie
Dansercoer
Born
in 1962 in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.
Married, and father of three children. Having completed his studies
as an interpreter/translator, he worked for 13 years as a flight attendant
for Sabena, manager of circles,
lecturer.
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1987:
Belgian windsurfing Champion in the wave-riding discipline.
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1991-99:
Many trekking expeditions over the World including some classical
climbs, such as Mount Kenya, N-E and S/W faces, Kenya.
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1991:
World Record Holder (Guinness record), altitude mountain biking,
Teide, Tenerife.
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1993:
Ironman (full triathlon, finisher, Australia and Belgium).
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1994:
"Karakoram Bike Adventure", 1200 km though Pakistan and
China.
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1995-2001:
Ski Trek, Iceland, Spitsbergen, Alaska, and Arctic Ocean.
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1995:
Trans-Greenland Expedition with Alain Hubert, on skis with power
kites.
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1997-98:
3924 km crossing of the entire continent of Antarctica with sails,
in 99 days, to this day the greatest crossing ever accomplished
on foot and skis with only the help of power sails.
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1999-2000:
Ascent of Mount Vinson and ski trek through Ellsworth Mountains
Range, Antarctica.
Publications
:
Zwevend over de Ijskap, Trans Greensland Expedition 1995,
Ganda Publications, Dutch
In de Tanden van de Wind, South through the Pole Expedition 1997-98,
Van Halewijck Publisher, Leuven, Belgium, (translated from French).
The Shades of White, Antarctica 2000 Expedition, Van Halewijck,
Leuven, (translated into French and English).
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