In a few weeks, Belgian researchers, led by Professor Bruno Danis (Laboratory of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science, ULB), will set sail for Antarctica. Their objective is to contribute to our understanding of the responses of ecosystems to the environmental changes underway in the Southern Ocean. Originality: the mission will take place on.. a sailing boat! On February 15, nine Belgian researchers will set sail for Antarctica. Led by Bruno Danis, researcher at the Laboratory of Marine Biology of the Faculty of Science of the ULB, they will leave Ushuaïa (Argentina) and will arrive in the Antarctic Peninsula (in the Grandidier Channel), during the month of March. Originality of the mission: the researchers will use a sailboat as a research platform! This mode of transport has a limited environmental impact and will allow, thanks to its agility, to reach little studied areas and to adapt to the conditions imposed by the environment in which it will evolve. The objective of the "TANGO1" mission is to contribute to our understanding of the responses of Antarctic marine ecosystems to climate change, particularly at shallow depths.
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