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.
Just before the weekend, the first nine scientists of the summer season, from Belgium, UK, Japan and Germany, were welcomed to Princess Elisabeth Antarctica by expedition leader Alain Hubert and…
An expert from the Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI), Dr. Alexander Mangold discusses measurements of aerosols, ozone and UV radiation he takes in Antarctica for the BELATMOS project.
Former InBev-Baillet Latour laureate Elie Verleyn returned to Antarctica this year to do some work for BELDIVA (Belgian Microbial Diversity Project in Antarctica). Biologists are trying to get a better…
Elie Verleyen is back in Antarctica in the framework of the BELDIVA project. Part of his mission is to check upon and collect data from the open top chambers installed…
Three Belgian Scientists arrived with the last team rotation of the season. During the last few days, we have been working with one of the scientists involved in the GIANT-LISSA…
Nighat "Gigi" Amin details the International Polar Foundation’s participation in GLACIOCLIM-SAMBA, an Antarctic project coordinated by the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) in…
Geologist Dr. Andreas Läufer and his colleagues from the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) have just finished their second season at PEA. This year,…
Being at the coast for a couple of weeks, scientists need to be able to work in good conditions. As an Antarctic Operator, it is our job to provide the…
After being blocked several days by the ice pack, the Mary Arctica was finally able to make her way through the ice floes. She sailed 55 km on Wednesday and got…
At 4:35 AM today, Nighat Amin sent us a very brief email notifying us that the Mary Arctica would finally be able to make it through the pack ice and reach…