Interested in what's happening down at Princess Elisabeth? News from the field are posted here regularily to keep you updated about what's going on.
Here is an opportunity not to miss: a nation-wide drawing contest has just been launched in Belgium! This contest could lead to your drawing being sent to Antarctica for the…
Sinterklaas has found us! Amazing, isn't it? When we went for breakfast this morning, we all discovered some local delicacies: chocolate truffles made in Antarctica (to die for!), speculoos (this…
A day of rest. Not so much because it is Sunday, but more because the weather doesn't allow for many activities! Apparently, last year's expedition was extremely lucky with the…
The weather here is slowly but surely deteriorating: we experienced our first white out yesterday. If we're to believe the forecast, it's going to get even worse until Sunday.
Good news from the coast: Alain and the reconnaissance team are at Crown Bay now and have discovered the perfect unloading site for the ship.
No news feed yesterday: it took us half of the day to clean up the base camp's PC. Indeed, forget about Antarctica being all pristine and germ-free: there were about 4…
Today, we received fresh news from Alain and the scientists. They are having some good weather over there: blue sky and moderate winds (which is more than we can say!).…
Some things seem completely hermetic to change. The fact, for example, that the weather is always nice during the week, whereas the week-ends are drizzly, grey and cold. Well, replace…
This is starting to feel like an Agatha Christie story. The six Japanese scientists left this morning as planned. This leaves 11 people at the base camp. We received news from…
The base camp looks a lot emptier: nine of the 24 people have left this morning for the coast (the BELISSIMA team to its study point and Alain in reconnaissance of…