Building a new geomagnetic observatory
One of the projects for this season is to build a new geomagnetic observatory for the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. The team had to build it without using any…
Every season, we publish pictures from Antarctica and we now have quite an archive available. You can follow the life of the Princess Elisabeth Station from its debuts in Brussels until now.
One of the projects for this season is to build a new geomagnetic observatory for the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. The team had to build it without using any…
While at the coast, Alain Hubert and field guide Raphy headed to Crown Bay on a reconnaissance mission to find a good ship unloading site. They happened upon a group…
For the third year in a row, Alain Hubert visited a penguin colony on Antarctica’s Princess Ragnhild Coast. The number of chicks is greater than ever, which indicates…
We documented the loading of the Mary Arctica, the ship that is transporting cargo to Antarctica for BELARE 10. It took 10 hours to load 45 containers of equipment and supplies (including…
Every day at noon, scientists from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium launch a meteorological balloon close to the Princess Elisabeth station. Lightweight instruments that measure temperature, pressure and humidity…
A big convoy will be leaving the station on wednesday the 26th of November. The whole ICECON team are going to the coast, along with InBev-Baillet Latour Fellowship laureate Jan…
Scientists intend to colelct a lot of data during the season, but also install automatic instruments that will continue to send data after they have left Antarctica. All these instruments…
Crevasses are one of the many dangers of Antarctica. At the beginning of every season, field guides and the doctor organise a training session for everybody. They need to know…
After arriving at Princess Elisabeth to start a new season, which is always a very special moment, the team began the 10th BELARE season with the usual tasks: clearing the…
One of the last jobs of this 2013-2014 season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica was to install a high-frequency antenna at the request of the Dronning Maud Lan Air Network (DROMLAN)…