The Smell of Fresh Bread in Antarctica
Now that the IceCon and Be:Wise teams have returned from their expedition to the coast, we talked to Alain Hubert to get the latest on the…
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Now that the IceCon and Be:Wise teams have returned from their expedition to the coast, we talked to Alain Hubert to get the latest on the…
Everyone staying at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is obliged upon arriving to take a safety training course to make sure they can handle the hostile environment of Antarctica.
We caught up with Jacques Richon, the Swiss doctor working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica during the first half of the season. He gives us his take on how his mission…
The team at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica have finally been able to make a bit of time in their busy schedule for a quick Skype call. Here is their summary of…
This week, at a ceremony in Fleurus, Belgium, Komatsu Europe International presented the International Polar Foundation with a state of the art HB215LC-1 hybrid excavator, which will go into…
After a long cold southern winter, International Polar Foundation team arrived last night at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station to begin operations - and clearing …
The Annual Field Training Weekend for the Belgian Antarctic Research Expeditions took place from the 4th to the 7th of October. The participants included 14 members of the station team and…
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…
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…
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…