Bringing the JARE 51 Crew Back to Usteinen
There's a lot to get ready for the next flight. The satellite platform has to be anchored in the granite and assembled. The dish has to be built up before…
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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Base Camp for JARE 51
1st January 2010 - We don't really have the feeling that the New Year has started. We did not get to see the sun, since it remained hidden behind a thick…
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Research at the Princess Elisabeth Station: GIANT
Lead by the Royal Observatory of Belgium and in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg and the Royal Military Academy, the Geodesy In ANTarctica (GIANT) project was launched at the…
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Research at the Princess Elisabeth Research Station: DELAQUA
Starting in January 2010, Dr. Elie Verleyen from the Department of Biology at the University of Ghent will join the scientific teams of BELARE 2009-2010 for a period of 5 weeks at…
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Research at Princess Elisabeth Station: HYDRANT
HYDRANT (HYDRologic system of ANTarctica) is a project designed by Prof. Nicole van Lipzig from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) which aims to investigate the atmospheric part of the Antarctic…
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BELISSIMA Expedition
The first scientific team to carry out research at the Princess Elisabeth Station, Frank Pattyn (ULB), Jean-Louis Tison (ULB) and a team of three international glaciologists travelled close to the…
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Research at Princess Elisabeth Station: CAML
For the second year in a row, scientists and associates from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences took part during BELARE 2008-2009 in the Census for Antarctic marine Life …
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Research at Princess Elisabeth Station: BELATMOS
Under the aegis of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium and with the collaboration of researchers from the Institute of Spatial Aeronomy and the University of Ghent, BELATMOS is a…
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Research at Princess Elisabeth Station: BELDIVA
From 26 January to 17 February, 6 members of the BELDIVA team traveled to Antarctica to analyse the diversity of microorganisms around the Princess Elisabeth station.
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How Does Physical Activity Affect Sleep Quality in Antarctica?
Last year, Sciencepoles reported a sleep study being carried out on the BELARE 2007-2008 expedition team members, in Antarctica for the Princess Elisabeth Antarctic station's first building phase. Dr.…