The final rush before departing for the coast
A big convoy will be leaving the station on wednesday the 26th of November. The whole ICECON team are going to the coast, along with InBev-Baillet Latour Fellowship laureate Jan…
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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Testing scientific instruments before field expeditions begin
Scientists intend to colelct a lot of data during the season, but also install automatic instruments that will continue to send data after they have left Antarctica. All these instruments…
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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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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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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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Second Visit to Emperor Penguin Colony
During the recent scientific expedition at the Antarctica coast, Alain Hubert and Christophe Berclaz took a few hours to visit the colony of Emperor Penguins first visited last year.…