BELARE 2010-2011: A busy season
A polar research facility first and foremost, the Princess Elisabeth Station on Utsteinen Ridge is set to face its most intense scientific season to date in its third year of…
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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Interview with Thomas Petracca, IT Specialist
Thomas Petracca is a 28 year–old IT specialist who started working for the International Polar Foundation a year ago. After getting in touch with Alain Hubert by email, he…
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Low Energy Day at the Princess Elisabeth Station
The autonomous functioning of the station depends on the seamless operation of all the active systems. The programming to achieve this is gradually being polished up as new anomalies or…
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Green Energy Passes Real Life Tests!
Another week has passed and the storm has come and gone; however it came at a time that prevented the BELARE members we were meant to welcome from landing.
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Arrival of the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay
After departing from Cape Town on December 16th, 2009 and spending nine days on the high seas, the Mary Arctica arrived at Crown Bay on December 25th around 12:30 am. The BELARE 200…
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Start-up of the station: the first tests for the engines
After a few days in Cape Town (where the weather was very rainy), we are now 10 men and one woman at Utsteinen. The flight from Cape Town to Utsteinen via…
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Modeling the Interior of the Princess Elisabeth Station
Over the last school term, a class of 5th graders at the European School of Brussels looked into energy-saving as a way to cut greenhouse emissions. Their teacher, Ms. Hazel…
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The Ivan Papanin Ship is in Crown Bay
All unloading activities at the Norwegian site are now finished. The Ivan Papanin cargo ship left 5°East and the Norwegian Troll Station on December 19th. Following the satellite maps,…
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Ivan Papanin Ship Enters the Ice Edge
News from the Ivan Papanin ship is good. For reminder, the Ivan Papanin is carrying all the Princess Elisabeth Station's inside systems to Antarctica.
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The Ivan Papanin Ship Leaves the Port of Antwerp
The Russian ice-class cargo ship Ivan Papanin, carrying on board the Princess Elisabeth station's inside systems, left the port of Antwerp on November 14 at 1 pm, local time. After a first…