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.
Nighat "Gigi" Amin details the International Polar Foundation’s participation in GLACIOCLIM-SAMBA, an Antarctic project coordinated by the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) in…
A trained electrician with 12 years of experience, Karel Moerman handles radio communications in addition to his primary job of maintaining the electrical systems at PEA.
Geologist Dr. Andreas Läufer and his colleagues from the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) have just finished their second season at PEA. This year,…
With years of experience working as a doctor in extreme environments and as a mountain guide, Jacques Richon has got what it takes to be a doctor at Princess Elisabeth…
Antarctica has inspired five fashion design students to create a polar fleece featuring the Princess Elisabeth Station.
In the coming days, the IPF team is going to be busy with two missions: installing and testing a new model of photovoltaic solar panels and dismantling the scientific base…
During the season, team rotations are always important moments, filled with mixed emotions. Part of you feels sad to see people you have worked with for months go, but you…
Erik Verhagen has already been working as an engineer at PEA for two seasons. He gives us a glimpse into his daily life as station engineer and some of the…
One of our priorities this season was to replace the station's 192 batteries of the station, which store the energy produced by the solar panels and windmills. These new batteries will…
Being in Antarctica for four months, you get to see and do amazing things. Sometimes, you even think you are on another planet! But behind the scenes, there are an…