GIANT: An End of Season Talk with Olivier Francis
We got in touch with Olivier Francis (University of Luxembourg), who was responsible for the GIANT project this year, when he got back from Antarctica. In this article, he tells…
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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Just Back: An Interview with Detlef Damaske and Andreas Laufer
The following is an interview with geophysicist Detlef Damaske and geologist Andreas Laufer from the German Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). Dr. Damaske has been working at…
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Honshu Earthquake Measured by Seismic Station at PEA
The seismic station that was installed by the Royal Observatory of Belgium at the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica has recorded the earthquake that hit the eastern shores of Honshu…
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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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Polar Research in a Sea of White
On Saturday, Jesko and Olivier left for the station from the coast with the remaining three heavy containers. Alain, Rene, Eric and I set out to do the glaciological observations…
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Continuing the Quest for Meteorites
The SAMBA team is back from a four-week meteorite search in Nansen Blue Ice Fields south of the station. A grand total of 218 meteorites were collected, ranging from 1 to 15 cm…
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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…
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Ice Rise and Ice Shelves: Understanding Ice Dynamics
Ice rises are islands covered by grounded ice several hundred meters thick and characterized by a local ice flow sticking out within an ice shelf. These islands buttress the ice…