Ivan Papanin Ship Enters the Ice Edge
News from the Ivan Papanin ship is good. For reminder, the Ivan Papanin is carrying all the Princess Elisabeth Station's inside systems to Antarctica.
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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Live from Antarctica: Monday 8th December
Back he is! And, as we said before, with very good news for the coast: the unloading site of the ship is now fully ready. It's as good as it…
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Contest: Draw your Own "Zero Emission" Station and Send your Drawing to Antarctica
Here is an opportunity not to miss: a nation-wide drawing contest has just been launched in Belgium! This contest could lead to your drawing being sent to Antarctica for the…
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Live from Antarctica: Saturday 6th December
Sinterklaas has found us! Amazing, isn't it? When we went for breakfast this morning, we all discovered some local delicacies: chocolate truffles made in Antarctica (to die for!), speculoos (this…
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Live from Antarctica: Sunday 7th December
A day of rest. Not so much because it is Sunday, but more because the weather doesn't allow for many activities! Apparently, last year's expedition was extremely lucky with the…
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Live From Antarctica: Thursday 4th December
The weather here is slowly but surely deteriorating: we experienced our first white out yesterday. If we're to believe the forecast, it's going to get even worse until Sunday.
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Live from Antarctica: Friday 5th December
Good news from the coast: Alain and the reconnaissance team are at Crown Bay now and have discovered the perfect unloading site for the ship.
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Live from Antarctica: Wednesday 3rd December
No news feed yesterday: it took us half of the day to clean up the base camp's PC. Indeed, forget about Antarctica being all pristine and germ-free: there were about 4…
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Live from Antarctica: Monday 1st December
Today, we received fresh news from Alain and the scientists. They are having some good weather over there: blue sky and moderate winds (which is more than we can say!).…
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Live from Antarctica: Sunday November 30th
Some things seem completely hermetic to change. The fact, for example, that the weather is always nice during the week, whereas the week-ends are drizzly, grey and cold. Well, replace…