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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With a total of 24 people now on site, preparations on the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica site are well underway. The Russian Ivan Papanin ship carrying the 106 containers of the Princess Elisabeth Station arrived for refuelling in Cape Town, South Africa, on ...
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Aboard the Russian ice-class cargo ship Ivan Papanin, the Princess Elisabeth polar station left Antwerp on November 6th at 2 pm local time. In total, 106 containers, 4 Prinoth tractors and 2 cranes were loaded onto the ship during the three days prior to ...
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the world's first “zero emission” scientific research station and Belgium' new Antarctic base, was inaugurated at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, on September 5th 2007.
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Prior to its departure for Antarctica, the Princess Elisabeth Station will be presented to the public in Brussels (Tour and Taxi) between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM from the 6th to the 9th of September.
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The International Polar Foundation (IPF) is pleased to announce the inauguration and public revelation of the First “Zero Emission” Research Station, which will be held at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, from the 5th to the 9th of ...
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The International Polar Foundation, in collaboration with the Belgian Defence Ministry, took on the transport of the first equipment shipment for the Belgian Antarctic Station. The Belare 2006- 2007 team in charge of the mission left from Oslo on October 28th 2006 ...
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The International Polar Foundation (IPF) unveiled today the final plans for Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Antarctic research station, to be built during the International Polar Year 2007-08 (IPY).
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The Council of Ministers has agreed to pursue research in Antarctica and to finance a new research station to be established in 2007, following the International Polar Foundation (IPF)'s initiative.
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The second Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (Belare 2005) visited the base construction site in Utsteinen Nunatak to take additional topographic and ice thickness measurements and to refurbish the Automatic Weather Station (AWS).
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The first Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition, BELARE 2004, took place from November 25th to December 4th. The expedition was mandated to gather a number of measurements necessary for the design and conception phase of the station.