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Belgium Netherlands Photo Comp2016

APECS Belgium along with APECS Netherlands organized an Antarctic Photo competition to celebrate Antarctica Day on December 1st 2016.

In total, 132 photos from 32 different photographers were submitted for the contest and displayed on Facebook to let the public vote for their favorite pictures.

The overall winner, Bartek Jerzak, received 101 likes for his shot “Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in the vicinity of the H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station”.

In addition to the public prize, the national committees selected a few other pictures that, in their opinion, deserved to be highlighted in one way or another. Check out all the winning pictures including some “special awards” here. Currently, we plan to display large prints of the winning pictures during the upcoming SCAR Biology Symposium to be held in Leuven, Belgium in July 2017. If you would like to acquire one of these amazing pictures, that’s your chance!

We believe the photo competition was a great success. It showcased the beauty of Antarctica and engaged many scientists as well as non-scientists on social media, thereby also promoting the work APECS international in general and APECS BE/NL in particular.

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