The Wind blows on the new Base Camp
Friday November 20th - Here we are! Six more people have joined the team. The lunch was particularly animated with anecdotes and memories of past expeditions at Utsteinen. With Serge,…
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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Start-up of the station: the first tests for the engines
After a few days in Cape Town (where the weather was very rainy), we are now 10 men and one woman at Utsteinen. The flight from Cape Town to Utsteinen via…
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Settling in at Utsteinen
The beginning of the season has been warm, and happily enough, accompanied by fantastic weather like we had two years ago (and thankfully not like last year).
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My First Antarctic Experience under Bright Blue Skies
Wednesday November 18th - We have been at Utsteinen for six days now. While not a very original topic for discussion, it's impossible for me not to talk about the…
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The Team has arrived!
November 12th, 2009 has marked the start of the 2009-2010 BELARE expedition as the first team has landed at Novo airbase at 03.36 UTC. Upon arrival at Princess Elisabeth Station at Utsteinen,…
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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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BELARE 2009-2010: The New Season has just begun
After the briefing of Friday October 16th in the headquarters of the IPF, we can now confirm that the new season for the Princess Elisabeth Station has started! 44 people will…
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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…