Installing an Antenna for the DROMLAN Network
One of the last jobs of this 2013-2014 season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica was to install a high-frequency antenna at the request of the Dronning Maud Lan Air Network (DROMLAN)…
Picture Galleries
Every season, we publish pictures from Antarctica and we now have quite an archive available. You can follow the life of the Princess Elisabeth Station from its origins in Brussels until the present.
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Last scientific research expedition of the 2013-14 season and overwintering preparations
As the suns sinks lower over the horizon and Antarctica's austral summer comes to a close, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team winds down the 2013-14 season.…
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Five years at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, we look back on five years of endevour through pictures. Starting with the construction of Princess…
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Unloading Is Always an Adventure!
Each season, a ship laden with building materials and supplies departs from Belgium, and makes the long voyage to the coast of Antarctica, 200km away from Princess Elisabeth polar research…
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Setting up seismometers in a beautiful blue ice field
Alain and the Princess Elisabeth team continue to provide logistical support to Denis Lombardi as the sets up seismometers across the Sør Rondane Mountains as part of the…
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Seismometers populate Borchgrevik Ridge (part 2)
The adventure continues as a field team from the Princess Elisabeth station helps Denis Lombardi from the Royal Observatory of Belgium install a transect of seismometers across the western S…
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Seismometers populate Borchgrevik Ridge (part 1)
A field team from Princess Elisabeth helps Denis Lombardi from the Royal Observatory of Belgium install seismometers on Borschgrevik Ridge, 32 km away from the station. Dr. Lombardi's goal…
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Mid-season departures and arrivals
It's mid-season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, and that means time for a changeover of personnel - some of the science team depart, and new members arrive, along with their…
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General activities at the station: mid-season roundup
This gallery illustrates what has been accomplished during the first half of this season in terms of logistical support and scientific projects.
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Traversing Antarctic Crevasses
On the 14th of December, five scientists, Alain Hubert and field guide Christophe Berclaz returned to Princess Elisabeth after spending 11 days in the field, navigating treacherous crevasses The expedition…