Une Homme of Accomplishment Jean Baptiste Loiselet is an accomplished person, setting a recent ultralight solar altitude record in his own ultralight sailplane. That is only one of his many exploits. He has been part of a small crew on the remote Kerguelen Islands, between the southern tip of Africa and Australia, and north of Antarctica. With supply ships only four times a year, Jean Baptiste had to be well organized and resourceful to maintain the equipment necessary for life at the IPEV (French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor). His work with Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) required full responsibility for everything from preparing requests for equipment, recruiting a team, and purchasing the needed equipment including ROVs. Administratively, he wrote operational procedures, managed the site and and remote operations, and created reports and oversaw invoicing. These became important elements in crafting his own solar aircraft. Beyond his duties on Antarctic expeditions, he works with young people as part of The AJD – …
