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The Princess Elisabeth Station will officially be inaugurated at Utsteinen in Antarctica on 15th February 2009 after two years of work. Several VIPs and representatives of the International Polar Foundation will…
The last days have gone by in a blur of activity. The work days seem to be getting longer as the days get shorter. The pale opalescent light of the…
The last two days have been so full of activities that it is difficult to keep up. Sunday turned into an unexpectedly beautiful day. The whole camp is a-buzz with…
The big storm threw a lot of planning off track. In particular, the arrival of the scientists was delayed. We, in the slough of despond, scanned the meteorological forecasts from…
We are not sure how long we will have current for today, so I will try to be quick.
Beware Lady Antarctica, for when she smiles, she bares her teeth. And sure enough, Antarctica has indeed shown us her teeth. And what fangs they are!
Work on the station is really humming along now. The vibrations of all this movement and change is in the air. Like a horse sensing that it is on the…
At Utsteinen, our camp contains 34 souls of different dimensions and outlooks, all contributing to the progress on the station that is every day more visible. Our incongruous bunch of pirates…
Some days just happen to be more surrealistic than others. You awake, knowing that something is different, but not quite sure what it is. And so, Sunday in Utsteinen turned…
Philippe Herman and the mechanics (Mike and the Mechanics) have gone to the coast to fetch some equipment and carry out the second to last traverse back to the station.…