Live from Antarctica: Sunday 7th December
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…
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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Live From Antarctica: Thursday 4th December
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.
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Live from Antarctica: Friday 5th December
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.
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Live from Antarctica: Wednesday 3rd December
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…
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Live from Antarctica: Monday 1st December
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!).…
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Live from Antarctica: Sunday November 30th
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…
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Live from Antarctica: Saturday November 29th
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…
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Live from Antarctica: Friday November 28th
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…
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Live from Antarctica: Wednesday November 26th
After having had a couple of days of true Antarctic summer weather, the wind has now picked up. For the newcomers, this is almost surprising. They have been enjoying the…
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Implementing the Polar Secretariat
On Friday 21 November 2008, the Council of Ministers approved the draft of a royal decree related to the project that will regulate how the future Polar Secretariat is managed. Composed of…