Hacking the Antarctic

Alice Bonasio
Aug 25, 2017 · 2 min read

Technology is a big part of modern scientific exploration, as one IT expert found out when he embarked on the adventure of a lifetime.

Carles Pina i Estany is not what comes to mind when you picture your typical Polar explorer. A native from sunny Barcelona, he works as a Software Engineer at Mendeley — a London-based technology company owned by science publishers Elsevier — and before this year, he had never even slept…

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Alice Bonasio

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Technology writer for FastCo, Quartz, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Wired + more. Consultant specializing in VR #MixedReality and Strategic Communications

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