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.
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: 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…
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Live from Antarctica: Saturday November 29th
This is starting to feel like an Agatha Christie story. The six Japanese scientists left this morning as planned. This leaves 11 people at the base camp. We received news from…
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Live from Antarctica: Friday November 28th
The base camp looks a lot emptier: nine of the 24 people have left this morning for the coast (the BELISSIMA team to its study point and Alain in reconnaissance of…
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Live from Antarctica: Wednesday November 26th
After having had a couple of days of true Antarctic summer weather, the wind has now picked up. For the newcomers, this is almost surprising. They have been enjoying the…
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Live from Antarctica: Brilliant Sunlight
It is now a little over a week since we've landed in Utsteinen.The good weather we had at the beginning of last year's season has now returned.Today was…
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Live from Antarctica: Bitter Cold
November 14 - Day 3 - We all woke up later than usual today. It must have been the fatigue after a full day's work, but perhaps the weather, too, which wasn't…
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Live from Antarctica: Second Day On Site
We have had a calm night and now beautiful weather awaits us for our second day on site. This encourages us to start working quite early. Julien continues to clear…