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It's been just over 48 hours since the Princess Elisabeth Antarctic team touched down for the beginning of the 2012-2013 season. Expedition leader Alain Hubert shares his first impressions from Antarctica.…
Welcome to the first news of the Antarctic summer! After a week of delays due to bad weather, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica’s operations team arrived on the ice at 10:24…
Wild Antarctic winter is currently preventing our operations team from reaching Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, for what was already planned to be a very busy season. The team members, led by…
As winter approaches, the last occupants of Belgium's Princess Elisabeth Antarctic Station have departed. Alain Hubert looks back on the BELARE 2011-12, one of the most challenging seasons faced by…
Checking our mailboxes this morning, we were surprised to find an email from Alain Hubert. Due to degrading weather conditions, the shut-down of the station and the departure of all…
Kristof Soete, who has been a key member of the BELARE team for five consecutive seasons, offers a glimpse into life as a mechanic at PEA.
Time flies when you are busy! We have just entered the last week of the 2011-2012 season at Princess Elisabeth. Yet there is still so much to be done before…
Without a station in good working order, scientific research cannot take place. Our technical team has been very busy preparing the station and equipment for next season.
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…