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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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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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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 ...
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Interview: Irina Gorodetskaya
Irina Gorodetskaya is a Post-doctoral Research Scientist at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). In previous years, she was responsible for installing the instruments to be used at the Princess Elisabeth Station in the framework of the HYDRANT project, a project ...
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Interview: Alexander Mangold
After his first research trip at the Princess Elisabeth Station, two years ago, Alexander Mangold, of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, is returning to Antarctica this year to install new instruments for the BELATMOS project. Watch as he shares ...
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Interview: Vinciane Debaille
Vinciane Debaille is a Research Associate at the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS). This year, she will head to Antarctica to head the SAMBA project with her colleague Steven Goderis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). As was the case for ...
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Interview: Jean-Louis Tison
Jean- Louis Tison is a Glaciologist, and the Co-director of the Glaciological Laboratory of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Université Libre de Bruxelles). This season will be his fifteenth time in Antarctica. Joining the BELARE 2010-2011 expedition, ...
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Interview: Frank Pattyn
Frank Pattyn is a Glaciologist and Ice Sheet Modeler at the Glaciological Laboratory of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Université Libre de Bruxelles). Travelling to Antarctica for the seventh time, he will be heading the BELISSIMA (BELgian ...