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.
Scientists Karolien Peeters and Anne Willems from Ghent University and Damien Ertz from the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, who were down in Antarctica in January 2007, recently published a study…
After he returned from his stay at the Princess Elisabeth Station (PEA) in February, we got in touch with Alexander Mangold from the Royal Meteorological Institute in Belgium. We discussed…
We got in touch with Olivier Francis (University of Luxembourg), who was responsible for the GIANT project this year, when he got back from Antarctica. In this article, he tells…
The following is an interview with geophysicist Detlef Damaske and geologist Andreas Laufer from the German Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). Dr. Damaske has been working at…
The seismic station that was installed by the Royal Observatory of Belgium at the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica has recorded the earthquake that hit the eastern shores of Honshu…
Another season at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) station has ended, with some major scientific and technological successes! The international “zero emission” research station hosted 14 scientists from a…
On February 15th 2011 the Princess Elisabeth research station in Antarctica (PEA) will be the centre of attention at the launch of the 'mardis durables du Palais', a special exhibition focussing…
On Saturday, Jesko and Olivier left for the station from the coast with the remaining three heavy containers. Alain, Rene, Eric and I set out to do the glaciological observations…
The SAMBA team is back from a four-week meteorite search in Nansen Blue Ice Fields south of the station. A grand total of 218 meteorites were collected, ranging from 1 to 15 cm…
The Antarctic Plateau is unlike anything that you have ever seen, and even the most talented writers or photographers have systematically failed to capture its many-faceted no-holds barred un-sentimentality. The…