Drilling for Answers in Antarctica: The IceCon & Be:Wise Projects
Photographs just in from Antarctica - our field team has journeyed 254km away from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, for the IceCon and Be:Wise projects, both of…
Picture Galleries
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 origins in Brussels until the present.
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Preparing IceCon and Be:Wise Antarctic fieldtrip
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team prepare for a two week expedition to the Antarctic coast, for the IceCon and Be:Wise scientific projects. Reinhard Drews, who is in charge of…
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Arriving at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica for 2012-2013 Season
After a delayed departure caused by bad weather, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team finally has landed at Utsteinen. As usual, the first tasks are to make sure all systems are…
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica: The Book
You've been following the Antarctic adventure online - now you can make it your bedtime read too! Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - And the Zero Emissions Quest is packed with…
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BELARE Training, Chamonix, September 2012
Every year before the Antarctic season the whole Princess Elisabeth team participates in a training session, revewing safety procedures and making sure everybody is in good shape. This year, the…
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The Logistics Behind Scientific Research
Logisticians are the unsung heroes of polar science. Logistics are something every Antarctic Operator has to take care of so that scientific work can be carried out smoothly.
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Seismometer Installation and Open-Top Chambers Maintenance
Being an Antarctic Operator implies providing scientists with all the logistics they need to conduct their research and install their instruments. Here, we are helping Denis Lombardi to install his…
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Climbing and Crevasse Training
When in Antarctica, you need to know how to spot crevasses and how to get out of them. We call these "crevasse training". On Sundays, some of us also go…
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Helicopters at Work
The BGR scientists, who are investigating the geological history of the region during the formation and break-up of the Gondwana Supercontinent, came with two helicopters this year. We couldn't wait…
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AWI Operations and Mobile Field Camp
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) are in Crown Bay to do a geophysical survey using their newly equipped Basler plane. As Antarctic Operator, the International Polar Foundation provides…