In this video, Dr. Jan Lenaerts based at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) is interviewed after being awarded the 2014 InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship for his Benemelt project which is expected to provide important insights into how surface melt affects ice shelves.
To begin fieldwork on his project, Jan Lenaerts will travel to the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica polar research station in November 2014. He will spend three weeks working on the Roi Baudouin ice shelf.
A joint initiative of the InBev-Baillet Latour Fund and the International Polar Foundation, the InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship promotes scientific excellence in Antarctica and underscores the crucial role polar science plays in furthering our understanding of the Earth and how it functions.
