As it is with any expedition, the years of preparation have seemed endless.  Time and energy have been demanded from so many people in order to make our virtual dream a reality...

(ANT)ARCTIC MATTERS has now reached full maturity and is ready to blossom.  Without the care of the core team, the project would never have seen daylight.  I would therefore like to profoundly thank, before anything else, the following people who have selflessly constructed the backbone of this beautiful artistic communication platform that invites a global mentality change in favor of a healthier planet:

Herman Vanaerschot, Jean Pierre Deschepper and his partners at DDMC, Ludo Kerkhofs, Yolanda Witteveen, Agnieska Jablonska, Johan De Ruyck and Peter De Merlier.  Each of these people's families surely deserves a grand bouquet of flowers for their relentless understanding.

The artists, Hermann, Ludwig, Freddy, Bart, Wim, Didier, and Julie as well as all of our silent supporters, informants and objective care-givers, they all merit my wholehearted gratitude.  Not in my wildest dreams did I dare to believe in such a cohesive and motivated team. 

All of our sponsors and partners, companies who believed in the project from the onset, and who are ready to get involved in this energy-reducing quest, may well be sure that without them this dream would have remained exactly that … a dream.

The entire construction team: all of the people who hammered, screwed, painted, drilled, pushed and pulled, dug, sizzled, built, … Manu, Jeff, Stefan and their horde of co-workers …

Thank you, all of you!!!

Just like the long-awaited first steps on the ice after the preparatory phase of a polar expedition, it is now just a matter of raising the curtain.  The official launch will take place on 19 November and from 20 November everyone is cordially invited to soak up (ANT)ARCTIC MATTERS.  Be amazed at the artistic beauty of the Polar Regions, form your own opinion, realize your very own potential, and … sign the Global Matters Charter!

May our ski-tracks cross each other somewhere along the line…