A storyteller. That’s how he modestly defines himself.
In reality, Javier Cacho was one of the first scientists to examine the destruction of the ozone layer of the stratosphere (the so-called “ozone hole”) and a long-time polar explorer.
He went to Antarctica as a participant in the first Spanish expedition. Then and there, Javier fell in love with what he discovered: the vastness, the nature, the coexistence in Antarctica. The spirit of cooperation and solidarity in a territory without state borders. He returned many times.
Javier participated in 7 expeditions to Antarctica, as a researcher of the ozone layer and a commander of the Spanish base on Livingston Island, and 2 in the Arctic. He wrote 6 books, mainly about the history of the discovery of the ice continent, most of them published in Bulgarian.
Javier Cacho is a scientist, a researcher, an author, and the head of several scientific institutions. His most recent position was Director of the Outreach Department of the National Institute of Space Technology of Spain.
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