Alain Hubert (right) hands over snow-depth data to Richard Francis CryoSat's Project Manager

During a visit to ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands, intrepid polar explorer Alain Hubert described his 106-day expedition to the Arctic. Alain also handed over the snow-depth data he had collected during the expedition to Richard Francis who is Project Manager for the CryoSat mission. The data collected will make a valuable contribution to the overall mission validation programme.