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.
The new team arrived with Denis Lombardi (seismologist from the Royal Observatory of Belgium), the team from SES Astra (Marcel Kneipp and Robert Smith), Bernt Franzen from Vertex (the satellite…
There's a lot to get ready for the next flight. The satellite platform has to be anchored in the granite and assembled. The dish has to be built up before…
After nearly 44 years of silence on the Belgian side of the radio, activity has started again from the Princess Elisabeth Station at Utsteinen. Karel Moerman has been able to establish…
Another week has passed and the storm has come and gone; however it came at a time that prevented the BELARE members we were meant to welcome from landing.
The first Ilyushin flight of the year on the D5 was delayed due to bad weather. The new group, bringing in Johan and the technical relay, the scientific teams (BELDIVA,…
4th January 2010 - Steven Goderis looks worried. We are leaving him behind, and who knows what awaits him in the surreal world into which he finds himself. We give him…
1st January 2010 - We don't really have the feeling that the New Year has started. We did not get to see the sun, since it remained hidden behind a thick…
The BELARE-JARE expedition is now fully underway. But unfortunately we're stuck somewhere near Balchen, and standard Japanese field protocol says we can't drive any further. We're caught in a whiteout…
After departing from Cape Town on December 16th, 2009 and spending nine days on the high seas, the Mary Arctica arrived at Crown Bay on December 25th around 12:30 am. The BELARE 200…
Utsteinen, December 6th, 2009 - On Thursday, Alain, René, Kristof and I headed to Crown Bay and Breid Bay to do some reconnaissance and prepare the offloading area. We left…