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.
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 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…
To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke, as hell holes go, this was a fine example. Perhaps less hospitable places exist on the planet, but I have yet to taste of…
Christmas at Utsteinen was a little surreal. Work continued at the same frenetic pace as all the containers had to be unloaded from the ship. Everyone pitched in, from technicians…
Ice rises are islands covered by grounded ice several hundred meters thick and characterized by a local ice flow sticking out within an ice shelf. These islands buttress the ice…
“...Base Camp, Base Camp, this is Prinoth 2, I have visual and we should be with you in about an hour…”… the voice of our field guide,…
On Friday, November 26th, the team of glaciologists from BELISSIMA has left the Princess Elisabeth Station for the coast: the trip will take about 20 hours to complete. The convoy consisted…
Following the technical team’s arrival, the first group of scientists – the members of the BELISSIMA (BELgian Ice Sheet-Shelf Ice Measurements in Antarctica) project – have arrived on…