Official press releases are issued for all major events and milestones in the course of the life of the Princess Elisabeth station. These are generally published in PDF format.
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Brussels, 20 May 2013 -- Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Philippe, and his daughter Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, were today welcomed by the International Polar Foundation during their visit to the “Inside the Station” exhibition at Tour & Taxis, Brussels.
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Brussels, 28 February 2013 – An international team of scientists, working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station, has discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest such meteorite found in the region ...
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Antarctica, 8 January 2013 --Three team members from Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctica polar research station are the first humans to have ever visited and photographed a newly-discovered 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins on Antarctica’s Princess Ragnhild Coast.
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Brussels, Friday, December 21st: Visitors to Brussels can match themselves to the challenges of life in Antarctica this Christmas at Inside the Station, which opens tomorrow Saturday, December 22nd at the city’s prestigious Tour & Taxis ...
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Antarctica, 22 November 2012 –Nine scientists from Belgium, UK, Japan and Germany [1], touched down today at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica [2], to begin the Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) summer science season. Expedition leader Alain Hubert welcomed the new arrivals to the zero ...
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Antarctica, 12 November 2012 – An International Polar Foundation [1] operations team led by expedition leader Alain Hubert arrived today at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - the world’s first zero emission polar station. Delayed almost one week due to heavy snow at ...
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Brussels, 16 May 2012 – The Belgian Polar Secretariat today announced the appointment of Rachid Touzani as its new director, tasked with managing Belgium’s presence in Antarctica, the iconic zero emission Princess Elisabeth Antarctica scientific research station.
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Brussels, 23 March 2012 – Belgium's zero emission Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station recorded its most ambitious Antarctic season to date, attracting more international scientists than ever before, said operators International Polar Foundation today [1].
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As the winner of the PolarQuest contest the International Polar Foundation (IPF) organized during the 2010-2011 school year, Belgian teacher Koen Meirlaen is set to arrive back in Belgium on Friday 24th of February.
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"Zero Emission" research station to welcome international scientific projects and school teacher during BELARE 2011-2012