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…
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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General activities at the station: mid-season roundup
This gallery illustrates what has been accomplished during the first half of this season in terms of logistical support and scientific projects.
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Traversing Antarctic Crevasses
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…
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Second Visit to Emperor Penguin Colony
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.…
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Installing a new GPS station for IceCon
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…
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Preparing scientific expeditions
With the scientific expeditions commencing soon, our technical team is helping the scientists prepare the equipment and instruments they will use in the field.
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Preparing the way for scientists
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…
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Let the 2013-2014 season begin!
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…
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Royal visit to the “Inside the Station” exhibition
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…
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Finding Meteorites in Antarctica
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,…