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For the past several days, International Polar Foundation President Alain Hubert and members of the first team that will head to the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station for the 2014-15 research…
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…
Princess Elisabeth Antarctica's systems are now in winter mode, following the team's departure on February 25, bringing to the successful 2013-2014 research season to a close.
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…
To mark five years of hard work, scientific endeavour and adventure at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, we asked Base Leader, International Polar Foundation president and polar explorer Alain Hubert to share…
This week, the International Polar Foundation celebrates five years of endevour and success since Princess Elisabeth Antarctica was inaugurated on February 15, 2009. However, the journey from the station's…
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…
Despite the difficult sea ice conditions off the coast of Antarctica and our supply ship having to unload 150 km further away from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station than expected,…
While on their field expedition to help Denis Lombardi from the Royal Observatory of Belgium install several seismometers, Alain and six others took advantage of the trip away from the…
We caught up with Yves Groebli on his birthday to get his impressions about being a doctor at a research station in Antarctica for the first time.