First month of the season and important steps to come
The team at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica have finally been able to make a bit of time in their busy schedule for a quick Skype call. Here is their summary 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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Komatsu Donates Hybrid Excavator to International Polar Foundation
This week, at a ceremony in Fleurus, Belgium, Komatsu Europe International presented the International Polar Foundation with a state of the art HB215LC-1 hybrid excavator, which will go into…
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is Open for Business!
After a long cold southern winter, International Polar Foundation team arrived last night at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station to begin operations - and clearing …
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Field training session before the 2013-2014 antarctic season
The Annual Field Training Weekend for the Belgian Antarctic Research Expeditions took place from the 4th to the 7th of October. The participants included 14 members of the station team and…
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As season comes to a close, the weather stays on side
As the 2012-2013 BELARE Antarctic season draws to a close, expedition leader Alain Hubert brings us up to date with the work and projects being carried out at Princess Elisabeth…
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Time Flies in Non-Stop Operations Mode
How fast time is passing, now that we’ve reached the season’s halfway mark at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. The days have gone quickly because we’ve…
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Technical work on the station
In my last post, I outlined that a big part of what we do at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is the provision of logistical support to scientists. We also have to…
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Supporting Science at the end of the world
I wanted to start the new year by updating you on what has been going on at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica during the last month. Let’s start with the…
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At Derwael Ice Rise
Following up Alain's blog - The World's Most Southerly Anthill, the team have now moved a couple of hundred kilometres to the Derwael ice rise, to start work on the…
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The World’s Most Southerly Anthill
The International Polar Foundation's Alain Hubert reports from a hive of activity, as the current science season kicks off at the world's first zero emission polar research station, Princess Elisabeth…