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…
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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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…
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Installing a new GPS station for IceCon
Among the various instruments to be installed in the field during the BELARE 2013-2014 is a new GPS station. It will be used by the IceCon project to better understand…
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Preparing scientific expeditions
With the scientific expeditions commencing soon, our technical team is helping the scientists prepare the equipment and instruments they will use in the field.
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Preparing the way for scientists
The first scientists arrived at the station last week, and our job as Antarctic operator is to support their work in the field. One of our first missions was to…