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The latest BELARE meteorite expedition, under the acronym BAMM (Belgian Antarctic Meteorites and Micrometeorites), speant several weeks hunting for meteorites in December 2022 and January 2023. The team consisted of four resaerchers: Vinciane Debaille (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Maria Valdes (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ryoda Maeda (Vrije Universiteit Brusel), Maria Schönbächler (ETH Zürich)
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Vinciane Debaille (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Maria Valdes (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ryoda Maeda (Vrije Universiteit Brusel) and Maria Schönbächler (ETH Zürich) pose on their skidoos during a day trip to look for meteorites in the vicinity of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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Members of BELARE meteorite expedition get ready to head into the field for a day's work of hunting for meteorites.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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Maria Valdes (Université Libre de Bruxelles) poses on top of a nunatak during a field expedition.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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Vinciane Debaille (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Maria Valdes (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ryoda Maeda (Vrije Universiteit Brusel) and Maria Schönbächler (ETH Zürich) pose on top of a nunatak during a day of fieldwork looking for meteorites.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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Members of BELARE meteorite expedition have to find meteorites in this blue ice field filled with normal terrestrial rocks. The scientists know how to distinguish meteorites.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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Vinciane Debaille (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Maria Valdes (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ryoda Maeda (Vrije Universiteit Brusel) and Maria Schönbächler (ETH Zürich) pose with the 7.6 kg meteorite they found during one of their day trips to a blue ice field in the vicinity of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica reasearch station
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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The scientists had to carefully pack all meteorites they found while in the field and keep them in a temperature-controlled container during their shipment back to Belgium, where they will be analysed.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
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The 7.6 kg meteorite the BELARE meteorite expedition found sits in a bag awaiting to be shipped back to Belgium for analysis.
© International Polar Foundation / BAMM project
