Unloading of Mary Arctica & arrival of Toyota Hiluxes
On January 23rd and 24th, the BELARE 10 team met the Mary Arctica cargo ship at Breid Bay on the coast of East Antarctica to unload supplies and equipment destined for…
Videos
Through these small videos, we hope to give you a taste of what it is like to work and live at the Princess Elisabeth Station. We tried to cover a broad range of topics and uploaded parts of our archives to do so. We hope you'll like it.
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Stormy weather at Utsteinen
A bad storm hit Utsteinen last weekend on Saturday. This video provides a quick glimpse of what a storm in Antarctica looks and feels like.
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Could AWI scientists have discovered a new meteorite impact site in Antarctica?
Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany, discovered a possible meteorite impact site during an aerial geological survey mission…
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Drilling and radar measurements at the coast
We followed the IceCon crew during their expedition in November and December. ULB glaciologists Jean Louis Tison and Frank Pattyn took the time to explain their research, what glaciology can…
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First drone flies over Utsteinen
Our electrical engineer, Karel Moerman, brought a drone with him to Antarctica this year. We've taken aerial images of the station from an ultra light aircraft before, but this…
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Belgian scientists back in Belgium
After spending over a month in Antarctica, the first group of scientists and crew members left the Princess Elisabeth station and headed back to Belgium in time to spend Christmas…
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A lot of penguins and a massive leopard seal
For the third year in a row, Alain Hubert visited the emperor penguin colony he confirmed the existence of two years ago. While counting the adult penguins and chicks in…
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First goodbyes at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
After spending nearly two months at the station, the first group of scientists and teacher Roger Radoux left for Novo. It's always an emotional moment for the team who…
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Loading the cargo and Toyota Hiluxes in Zeebrugge
After beeing delayed for a few hours, the loading of the Mary Arctica finally took place in Zeebrugge. The IPF team was there to supervise the loading and admired the…
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Using seismometers to study ice stream movements
Denis Lombardi from the Royal Observatory of Belgium explains why he's been planting seismometers along the ice stream that feeds the King Baudoin Ice Shelf for the SMEAIS project.