An Interview with Bernard Polet
Bernard Polet is a self-employed plumber. He spent four months working at Utsteinen on a variety of projects that included a wide variety of tasks, including erecting the wind turbines,…
News from Antarctica
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.
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Antarctica Society: First Meeting
The Antarctica Society was hosted on Tuesday 15th April by Umicore, a Founding partner of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station. The Antarctica Society offers a closed-door meeting space between members…
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Tests Carried Out at the Station BELARE 2007-2008
During the 2007-2008 construction season, Johan Berte, project manager of the station's engineering design, carried out a series of tests at the Princess Elisabeth station before leaving Utsteinen. For Mr.…
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Testing the Automatic Weather Station
An Automatic Weather System (AWS) was set up on the Southern end of the Utsteinen ridge in 2004 in order to monitor local climate and understand the wind's behaviour at a…
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Belgium Returns to Antarctica: an Interview with Dr. Philippe Mettens
A new interview with Dr. Philippe Mettens has just been published on the IPF's SciencePoles website. Dr. Mettens is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Belgian Science Policy…
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Press Conference: First Phase Down
An international press conference was held on Tuesday, March 11, at the International Polar Foundation (IPF), in the presence of Belgian federal minister Sabine Laruelle in charge of Economy, Independent workers…
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A Delayed Arrival in Brussels
The last members of the BELARE 2007-2008 team arrived in Brussels around 13h30 today. There were orgignally meant to arrive around 8 in the morning. However, the bad weather caused their…
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Success of the First Construction Phase - Press Conference
We have just received information that Alain Hubert and the last members of the BELARE 2007- 08 expedition will arrive at the Brussels-International airport in Zaventem on March 10, 08 00 am. They have…
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The Delicious Taste of the Last Drop
All marathon runners know it well: the last few miles of the race are not very difficult however they are the most intense. Seeing that the first summer season is…
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Uststeinen Basecamp is emptying
The weather is still very good but colder, with temperatures varying between -15 during the day and -22 to -26 at night, and no wind. The traverse left this morning…