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What You Can Learn from a Seismometer
PEA sits in an area full of opportunities to learn more about plate tectonics, the Earth's core and the region's fascinating geological history. Join Denis Lombardi as he explains...
Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
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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Installing VHF Antennae and Repeaters
In order to have communications between the station and teams in the field using VHF radio, repeaters and antennae have to be installed at critical locations (route to coast, route to plateau, airstrip). This video illustrates the installation of such ...
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Helicopters: unloading and first flight
Helicopters at Princess Elisabeth: a first! After the unloading, rotors are mounted and engines are checked before the first take off. One of the pilots is also explaining the conditions the machines have to face in Antarctica: ice, snow, humidity ...
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Unloading The Mary Arctica
In this short video, Alain Hubert explains the difficulties faced by the team during the unloading of the Mary Arctica in Crown Bay. 240 Tons of equipment were unloaded in just under 24 hours. This was made possible thanks to the professionalism ...
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Windy Weather
See what it's like to be in Antarctica with winds blowing at around 100 km/h! While winds in summer are mild compared to winter ones, there have been many summer storms since the beginning of the 2011-2012 season.
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Antarctic Ice Explained
Dr. Katherine Leonard and Alain Hubert give you the 101 about antarctic ice. Discover the differences between sea ice and ice-shelves and their influence on sea levels.
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Animals of Antarctica
During their scientific expedition to the coast, Katherine Leonard and Alain Hubert shared some interesting anecdotes on their encounters with the locals.
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Par-delà les banquises
"Par-delà les banquises", a movie directed by Dominique Kopp in the framework of the 2007-2008 International Polar Year, explores Antarctica and its paradoxes. The movie leads us through the frozen landscapes that inspire awe as much as admiration
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Join the Meteorites Team on the Plateau
Led by an expedition team from the Princess Elisabeth Station, the SAMBA crew with Steven Goderis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Vinciane Debaille (Université Libre de Bruxelles), as well as their counterparts from the Japanese National Institute of Polar Research, ...
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Interview: Zorigto Namsaraev
Zorigto Namsaraev is a microbiologist and works as a researcher-scientist at the Center for Protein Engineering at the University of Liège (Belgium). In the framework of the BELDIVA project, he studies one of the few indigenous life forms ...