Whenever possible, we publish pictures from Antarctica. We now have quite an archive available! You can practically follow the life of Princess Elisabeth from its debuts in Brussels until now. You can use categories on the right to filter galleries you are interested in.
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Among the international science collaborations at the Princess Elisabeth Station, we find the one with the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) in the field of glaciology. For the purpose of this project, Alain Hubert had installed beacons between the station - located about 200 km inland - and the coast last year. This year, the data was gathered to determine snow accumulation and ice sheet movements.
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The JARE 51 Mission to collect meteorites in the Eastern Sør Rondane Mountains was a success. The team, which spent the better part of four weeks in the field, found 635 meteorite fragments ranging in size from a few grams to 5 kg. Most of them were ordinary chondrites; however some are possible iron meteorites and others ureilites, although they will need to be taken back to a lab for further analysis. The team is very happy with the results!
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During the 2009-2010 Antarctic summer season, completing the final tests of all the active systems in the Princess Elisabeth Station was not the only feat of the BELARE team. Besides constructing a fuel platform, which will prevent the oil drums from being covered in snow, the team built a satellite platform and assembled a satellite antenna which, once linked to the PLC, will allow all the energy systems of the station to be monitored and adjusted remotely.
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Just like Antarctica, the Princess Elisabeth Station is dedicated to science. This year, the station welcomes Irina Gorodetskaya (KULeuven), Steve Roberts (British Antarctic Survey) & Elie Verleyen (UGent) for DELAQUA, and Zorigto Namsaraev (ULg) & Josef Elster (Botany Institute of the Academy of Sciences) for BELDIVA.
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After the successful offloading of the Shirase and the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay, the BELARE-JARE expedition headed towards the Eastern Sør Rondanes.