BENEMELT: Melting ice shelves in East Antarctica
The BENEMELT project aims to investigate how much snow melts on the ice shelves in East Antarctica, by how much that melt will increase in the future, and how that…
Scientific Projects
Princess Elisabeth, like all stations in Antarctica, is a scientific research facility. In this section, you will find a short presentation of all science projects conducted at the station.
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JARE: Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is proud to host several projects under the name of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), which incorporates several Japanese governmental agencies cooperatively…
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IceCon: Constraining Ice Mass Change in Antarctica
IceCon aims to gain a better understanding of the rate of the loss of ice – now and in the past - from the Antarctic ice sheet in the Dronning…
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Be:Wise -The Buttressing Effect: Why ice shelves are essential
The Be:Wise project aims to improve understanding of ice-shelf flow dynamics by focusing on the buttressing role of ice rises and pinning points – small offshore mountains which…
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GLACIOCLIM: studying glaciers and climate
Glacioclim is a project studying the relationship between glaciers and climate. The Antarctic component of the project, conducted in collaboration with BELARE, aims at monitoring the surface mass balance of…