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…
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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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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Finding Meteorites in Antarctica
Here's a set of pictures of the team of SAMBA scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, who recently discovered a meteorite weighing 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet,…
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Automatic Weather Station & Gravimetry Measurements
During the last couple of weeks, we helped Konrad Steffen of Switzerland's WSL install two Automatic Weather Stations near Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. One near the airstrip to take measurements…
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First Contact: Pictures of the Emperor Penguin Colony
When the 9,000-strong emperor penguin colony on Antarctica’s Princess Ragnhild Coast received its first ever human visitors in December 2012, it was three team members from the polar research…
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Drilling for Answers in Antarctica: The IceCon & Be:Wise Projects
Photographs just in from Antarctica - our field team has journeyed 254km away from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, for the IceCon and Be:Wise projects, both of…
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Preparing IceCon and Be:Wise Antarctic fieldtrip
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team prepare for a two week expedition to the Antarctic coast, for the IceCon and Be:Wise scientific projects. Reinhard Drews, who is in charge of…
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The Logistics Behind Scientific Research
Logisticians are the unsung heroes of polar science. Logistics are something every Antarctic Operator has to take care of so that scientific work can be carried out smoothly.
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Seismometer Installation and Open-Top Chambers Maintenance
Being an Antarctic Operator implies providing scientists with all the logistics they need to conduct their research and install their instruments. Here, we are helping Denis Lombardi to install his…
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Helicopters at Work
The BGR scientists, who are investigating the geological history of the region during the formation and break-up of the Gondwana Supercontinent, came with two helicopters this year. We couldn't wait…