As season comes to a close, the weather stays on side
As the 2012-2013 BELARE Antarctic season draws to a close, expedition leader Alain Hubert brings us up to date with the work and projects being carried out at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.
Princess Elisabeth 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 is going on during the various seasons.
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in Logistics, Building the station
Time Flies in Non-Stop Operations Mode
How fast time is passing, now that we’ve reached the season’s halfway mark at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. The days have gone quickly because we’ve been busy – in between supporting multiple science projects, journeying ...
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Technical work on the station
In my last post, I outlined that a big part of what we do at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is the provision of logistical support to scientists. We also have to maintain and develop the station's infrastructures. That's the job of ...
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Supporting Science at the end of the world
I wanted to start the new year by updating you on what has been going on at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica during the last month. Let’s start with the science; As Antarctic Operators, our duty is to support scientists, ...
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At Derwael Ice Rise
Following up Alain's blog - The World's Most Southerly Anthill, the team have now moved a couple of hundred kilometres to the Derwael ice rise, to start work on the IceCon and Be:Wise projects, both of which are investigating ...
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in Science, Daily Life, Logistics
The World’s Most Southerly Anthill
The International Polar Foundation's Alain Hubert reports from a hive of activity, as the current science season kicks off at the world's first zero emission polar research station, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.
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in Daily Life, Logistics
The First 48 Hours at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
It's been just over 48 hours since the Princess Elisabeth Antarctic team touched down for the beginning of the 2012-2013 season. Expedition leader Alain Hubert shares his first impressions from Antarctica.
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in Daily Life, Logistics
Station team beats weather to get Antarctic season underway
Welcome to the first news of the Antarctic summer! After a week of delays due to bad weather, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica’s operations team arrived on the ice at 10:24 CET this morning, and now all of the station&rsquo ...
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in Daily Life, Logistics
Antarctic season delayed by bad weather
Wild Antarctic winter is currently preventing our operations team from reaching Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, for what was already planned to be a very busy season. The team members, led by Foundation president Alain Hubert, is currently in Cape Town, anxiously ...
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in Daily Life, Logistics, Infrastructure, Management
BELARE 2011-2012: Facing the challenge
As winter approaches, the last occupants of Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Antarctic Station have departed. Alain Hubert looks back on the BELARE 2011-12, one of the most challenging seasons faced by the team so far.