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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Scientists from the SAMBA Project Preparing for Next Season
Following the success of last year's JARE 51 project meteorite search expedition in Antarctica, Steven Goderis and Vinciane Debaille are heading to Utsteinen for another hopefully successful hunt.
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Chile Earthquake Measured by Seismic Station in Antarctica
The seismic station, installed by the ROB at the Princess Elisabeth Station, has been fully operational since February 23rd, 2010.
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BELISSIMA: Glaciological and Meteorological Conditions at Utsteinen
Frank Pattyn, Kenichi Matsuota and Johan Berte published a study of glaciological and meteorological conditions in the vicinity of the Princess Elisabeth Station. The study examined the wind conditions, temperatures,…
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Bringing the JARE 51 Crew Back to Usteinen
There's a lot to get ready for the next flight. The satellite platform has to be anchored in the granite and assembled. The dish has to be built up before…
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Base Camp for JARE 51
1st January 2010 - We don't really have the feeling that the New Year has started. We did not get to see the sun, since it remained hidden behind a thick…
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Research at the Princess Elisabeth Station: GIANT
Lead by the Royal Observatory of Belgium and in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg and the Royal Military Academy, the Geodesy In ANTarctica (GIANT) project was launched at the…
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Research at the Princess Elisabeth Research Station: DELAQUA
Starting in January 2010, Dr. Elie Verleyen from the Department of Biology at the University of Ghent will join the scientific teams of BELARE 2009-2010 for a period of 5 weeks at…
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Research at Princess Elisabeth Station: HYDRANT
HYDRANT (HYDRologic system of ANTarctica) is a project designed by Prof. Nicole van Lipzig from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) which aims to investigate the atmospheric part of the Antarctic…
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BELISSIMA Expedition
The first scientific team to carry out research at the Princess Elisabeth Station, Frank Pattyn (ULB), Jean-Louis Tison (ULB) and a team of three international glaciologists travelled close to the…