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Departing from Lisbon... to Antarctica! On January 30, the PLAnT team started its first polar expedition to Antarctica ❄️🐧 Drs Catarina Pereira Santos and Francisco Oliveira Borges embarked on a 24-hour journey heading from Lisbon, Portugal, to Punta Arenas, Chile. From there, they will fly to King George Island, where they will stay at the Profesor Julio Escudero Station, a permanent Chilean Antarctic research base, until early March. This is PLAnT's first Antarctic polar expedition, PLAnT-PARTIMAP. Over the next 5 weeks, Catarina and Francisco will conduct dedicated, in-person interviews featuring a guided spatial survey implemented through SeaSketch. These will be used to trial the initial stage of a broad participatory mapping process, gathering insights into the perceptions of key Antarctic stakeholders on areas of use, areas of importance, areas of concern, and the social-ecological values associated with these areas. For now, interviews will mainly target scientists, research station managers and research station staff in Escudero. Other research stations are likely to be visited during the expedition, but are still pending confirmation. The mission is supported by the Portuguese Polar Programme, PROPOLAR, which provided all logistical support.
Catarina and Francisco at the Lisbon Airport, right before starting the journey!
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