Scientists at Work
Just like Antarctica, the Princess Elisabeth Station is dedicated to science. This year, the station welcomes Irina Gorodetskaya (KULeuven), Steve Roberts (British Antarctic Survey) & Elie Verleyen (UGent) for DELAQUA,…
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 debuts in Brussels until now.
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The BELARE-JARE Expedition in the Eastern Sor Rondanes
After the successful offloading of the Shirase and the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay, the BELARE-JARE expedition headed towards the Eastern Sør Rondanes.
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JARE 51 at their base camp
With Alain Hubert's expert guidance, the members of the JARE 51 expedition are now at the place where they their base camp will be for three weeks.
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HYDRANT-project in Utsteinen
HYDRANT (HYDRologic system of ANTarctica) is a project designed by Prof. Nicole van Lipzig from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL).The project aims to investigate the atmospheric part of the…
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Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML)
During the BELARE 2008-09 expedition, Henri Robert, Alain De Broyer and Antoine Joris boarded the Ivan Papanin ship on its way to Breid Bay (200 km away from the Princess Elisabeth…
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Antarctic Birds
The Antarctic is also filled with birds of all kinds, notably penguins, skuas and petrels. Check out what the expedition photographer, René Robert, was able to catch on film…
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Seals at the Coast
A seal colony invited the reconnaissance team to stop for a break along the coast of Crown Bay. Here are a few snapshots from their get-together!
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First Scientific Research: Glaciology at the Coast
This picture gallery introduces the scientific work carried out by the glaciologists and lead by Professor Frank Pattyn at the coast.