Some Leave, Others Arrive
On December 23rd, at 7.30 am, the nice weather finally returned. This allowed us to resume the twin-engine DC3/Basler rotations between Novolazarevskaya and our station.
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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Weather Permitting
All Antarctic activities are subjected to the law of the elements. This is even truer this season than during the previous ones. Besides the poor weather conditions we had upon…
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Storm Warning in Utsteinen
Hardly had we returned from the BELISSIMA expedition, that the weather changed unexpectedly. Tuesday evening, the bright blue sky turned into a gray horizon in less than four hours. An…
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Bad Weather, Good Spirits
This year, the BELARE team's not lucky with the weather. They were hardly done with the 850 tons of accumulated snow, when a furious storm unleashed. While these storms usually last…
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All Systems up and Running!
Upon arriving at Utsteinen, the priorities were clear for the team: start the bulldozers, prepare the generator, and set the station ready for electrical start-up. First opened at 1pm (CET),…
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A Whole Lot of Snow
Flying into Antarctica from Cape Town (South Africa), the first members of the 2011-2012 BELARE Expedition (Belgian Antarctic Research) set foot in Utsteinen on November 16th after a stop at…
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Success on the ice – research at Princess Elisabeth has some wins in 2011
Another season at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) station has ended, with some major scientific and technological successes! The international “zero emission” research station hosted 14 scientists from a…
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We Are StarDust (part 2)
The Antarctic Plateau is unlike anything that you have ever seen, and even the most talented writers or photographers have systematically failed to capture its many-faceted no-holds barred un-sentimentality. The…
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We Are StarDust
To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke, as hell holes go, this was a fine example. Perhaps less hospitable places exist on the planet, but I have yet to taste of…
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Science Heads to the Field
Christmas at Utsteinen was a little surreal. Work continued at the same frenetic pace as all the containers had to be unloaded from the ship. Everyone pitched in, from technicians…