Mid-season departures and arrivals
It's mid-season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, and that means time for a changeover of personnel - some of the science team depart, and new members arrive, along with their…
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.
It's mid-season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, and that means time for a changeover of personnel - some of the science team depart, and new members arrive, along with their…
This gallery illustrates what has been accomplished during the first half of this season in terms of logistical support and scientific projects.
On the 14th of December, five scientists, Alain Hubert and field guide Christophe Berclaz returned to Princess Elisabeth after spending 11 days in the field, navigating treacherous crevasses The expedition…
During the recent scientific expedition at the Antarctica coast, Alain Hubert and Christophe Berclaz took a few hours to visit the colony of Emperor Penguins first visited last year.…
Among the various instruments to be installed in the field during the BELARE 2013-2014 is a new GPS station. It will be used by the IceCon project to better understand…
With the scientific expeditions commencing soon, our technical team is helping the scientists prepare the equipment and instruments they will use in the field.
The first scientists arrived at the station last week, and our job as Antarctic operator is to support their work in the field. One of our first missions was to…
The International Polar Foundation team arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station on the 14th of November 2013. They started the four-month BELARE scientific research season with the usual maintenance operations…
We were proud to welcome Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Philippe, and his daughter Princess Elisabeth of Belgium to the “Inside the Station” exhibition at Tour & Taxis, Brussels…
Here's a set of pictures of the team of SAMBA scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, who recently discovered a meteorite weighing 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet,…