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Women In Polar Science

Nathalie Metzler

French polar institut Paul Emile Victor (France)

Nathalie, in black raingear, is in front of a group of King penguins with their chicks, as well as elephant seals. There is a ship behind her. She is on Crozet Island, Sub-Antarctica.

Nathalie, in black raingear, is in front of a group of King penguins with their chicks, as well as elephant seals. There is a ship behind her. She is on Crozet Island, Sub-Antarctica.

What’s the work that you do?

I lead the French polar institute.

What keeps you going?

The assembly and monitoring of projects as well as the management of large teams have been my daily life on public works subjects: public project management of buildings, ports, airports, roads, maritime safety, drinking water supply, sanitation and management of waste. I know all the facets of this area, among them logistics, unexpected material problems, Health & Safety procedures, human relations and skills management, as well as the administrative, financial and accounting part of public procurement. I appreciate the operational side of teamwork.

What’s your message to the world?

“Each wave knows that it is the sea. What undoes it does not bother it because what breaks it recreates it.”

Organisation: French polar institut Paul Emile Victor (France)

Nationality: France France

Disciplines:

Human & logistic management

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We are grateful to The Ocean Foundation for acting as our fiscal sponsor in the US, the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation for sponsoring this project, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for supporting us.