Official press releases are issued for all major events and milestones in the course of the life of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. These are generally published in PDF format.
During their stay at Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth station in East Antarctica, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany have…
Brussels, the 19th of November 2014 - Roger Radoux, an electronics teacher at the Athénée Royal d'Ans and the laureate of the second Polar Quest contest,…
Brussels, Belgium, February 13, 2014 -- This Saturday, February 15th, the International Polar Foundation celebrates five years of successful operations since the inauguration of Antarctica’s only zero emission polar…
Antarctica, 27 November 2013 – A group of Belgium-based scientists have arrived this week at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station, to begin the 2013-2014 four-month BELARE scientific research season.
Antarctica, 14 November 2013 – The International Polar Foundation [1] team led by expedition leader Alain Hubert landed tonight at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station to commence operations for the 2013-2014 four-month BELARE…
Brussels, 20 May 2013 -- Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Philippe, and his daughter Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, were today welcomed by the International Polar Foundation during their visit to the &ldquo…
Brussels, 28 February 2013 – An international team of scientists, working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station, has discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice…
Antarctica, 8 January 2013 --Three team members from Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctica polar research station are the first humans to have ever visited and photographed a newly-discovered 9,000-strong colony of…
Brussels, Friday, December 21st: Visitors to Brussels can match themselves to the challenges of life in Antarctica this Christmas at Inside the Station, which opens tomorrow Saturday, December 22nd…
Antarctica, 22 November 2012 –Nine scientists from Belgium, UK, Japan and Germany [1], touched down today at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica [2], to begin the Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) summer science season. Expedition…