The scientists are coming!
Several scientists, a teacher, a veteran Belgian journalist, a field guide, and the team’s doctor will arrive in Antarctica in a few days, more than doubling the number…
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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The 10th BELARE expedition is about to start
The 2014-2015 season is about to start at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. This is the 10th anniversary of the start of the project and the 11th season since the Belgian…
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First-Time Visitor to Antarctica Paves Way for Geomagnetic Observatory
Having studied Earth’s magnetic field since the 1970s, Dr Jean Rasson from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) reflects on his first expedition to Antarctica, where he…
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Why Study Seismic Activity in Antarctica?
Who would want to install a series of seismometers, GPS stations, and gravimeters in Antarctica and for what purpose? Denis Lombardi from the Royal Observatory of Belgium explains the…
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Antarctica’s aerosol man
For the fifth time and the fourth consecutive year, Alexander Mangold, a 42 year-old German researcher at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, returned to see the Princess Elisabeth station and…
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The BeWise project’s highly successful second season
Having returned from his second trip to Antarctica to conduct research for the BeWise project funded by the InBev Baillet-Latour Fellowship, Dr. Reinhard Drews from the Glaciology Laboratory at the…
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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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Full House at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
With the return of the IceCon and Be: Wise expedition from the coast, the arrival of the German scientists and their Polar 6 plane, along with the station’s technical…
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Return to the Penguins
In December 2012, a team from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica made history - and caused a worldwide media frenzy - by becoming the first humans to make contact with a 9,000 strong emperor…
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News from the scientists in the field
Five scientists from the IceCon and Be:Wise projects, accompanied by a field guide and Princess Elisabeth Antarctic base leader Alain Hubert are currently on an expedition to the coast,…