A Delayed Arrival in Brussels
The last members of the BELARE 2007-2008 team arrived in Brussels around 13h30 today. There were orgignally meant to arrive around 8 in the morning. However, the bad weather caused their…
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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How was Utsteinen chosen for the implantation of the Station?
Professor Frank Pattyn participated in two BELARE expeditions (2004 and 2005) to help position the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica. He also helped collecting and analyzing the necessary meteorological data which was…
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Containers Parked up on the Ice Shelf
The coast team has now finished unloading all the containers and machines from the Ivan Papanin. Everything has been neatly arranged in rows up on the ice shelf. The ship…
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First Convoy Reaches Utsteinen
The first convoy of containers reached the base camp in Utsteinen today (December 19) at 5 pm. The most needed equipment was brought first, comprising of the remaining wood to complete the…
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Ivan Papanin Has Made it to Breid Bay
The Ivan Papanin cargo ship started making its way through the sea ice on Friday December 14. She was anchored to the sea ice near Breid Bay around 7 pm that night.…
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The Ivan Papanin Ship Leaves Cape Town
At the end of November, the Ivan Papanin arrived in Cape Town for a last stop-over before leaving for Antarctica. The ice-class cargo ship filled up on fuel and food…