Time Flies in Non-Stop Operations Mode
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…
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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Technical work on the station
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…
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Supporting Science at the end of the world
I wanted to start the new year by updating you on what has been going on at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica during the last month. Let’s start with the…
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First Contact: The Emperor Penguin Colony
Three members of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team have the honour of being the first humans to have visited and photographed a newly-discovered 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins on Antarctica…
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Happy New Year from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica!
All of the international team at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica wish you a very happy new year, and a great 2013! Bonne année and gelukkig nieuwjaar!
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Inside the Station Exhibition Opens in Brussels
While the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team are toiling away in the frozen south, you can see if you're up to the challenge of living in Antarctica! Starting Saturday December 22nd,…
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Mass Change in Antarctica: Interview with Frank Pattyn
We caught up for a chat with Frank Pattyn, who heads up the IceCon: Constraining Ice Mass Change in Antarctica project, currently based at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. IceCon…
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At Derwael Ice Rise
Following up Alain's blog - The World's Most Southerly Anthill, the team have now moved a couple of hundred kilometres to the Derwael ice rise, to start work on the…
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The World’s Most Southerly Anthill
The International Polar Foundation's Alain Hubert reports from a hive of activity, as the current science season kicks off at the world's first zero emission polar research station, Princess Elisabeth…
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InBev Baillet-Latour Fellowship laureate Reinhard Drews begins research in Antarctica
Leaving on the first scientific expedition of the 2012-13 season from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is post-doc researcher at the Laboratoire de Glaciologie at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)…