New Team Members and Scientists Arrive in Time for Christmas
On December 19th, new crew members and scientists arrived at PEA to start their mission in Antarctica. Since their arrival, they’ve been doing mandatory safety training and preparing…
News from Antarctica
Interested in what's happening down at Princess Elisabeth? News from the field are posted here regularily to keep you updated about what's going on.
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Perseus Ready for Arrival: Runway Preparations, New Infrastructure, and Ongoing Science
As the Perseus International Airfield opens for incoming team mebers and scientists, operations at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica move full steam ahead for logistics, infrastructure, and science.
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Busy Week for Our Team Includes Fieldwork and Preparing Perseus International Airfield
This last week the BELARE team has been busy preparing the three-kilometre long runway at Perseus International Airfield, going on field expeditions, and working on station upgrades.
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Hard at Work in Support of Science
This week at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station (PEA), the team continued making important adjustments to the station while pushing forward with several scientific support missions across the region.
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Leveling Up: A Busy Week at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
After settling in at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA), the team has fully reactivated all the station’s systems. Now that everyone has settled in, the real work begins:…
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Princess Elisabeth Station Awakens From Its Winter Slumber to Welcome Back the BELARE Team
BELARE 2025-26 gets underway as the first crew members arrive at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica and work to get the station up and running.
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Eric Rignot: Investigating the Melt of the King Baudouin Ice Shelf
Prof. Eric Rignot from UC Irvine discusses his work following a successful field campaign on the King Baudouin Ice Shelf in East Antarctica during the 2024-25 BELgian Antarctic Research Expedition …
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Defending a Doctoral Thesis in Antarctica
Graduate student Ratnakar Gadi from UC Irvine’s Department of Earth System Science made history by successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation in an extraordinary setting—Belgium&rsquo…
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2050: A film by Eric Goens and Kristof Van Den Bergh - Will the world listen before it’s too late?
Wildfires in California, floods in Spain and the Ardennes, Hurricane Hélène leaving a trail of destruction across the United States… The climate record of 2024 is…
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Last days at PEA before departure
BELARE 2024-25 is drawing to a close. Preparations are being made to put the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica into winter mode and pack away scientific equipment.