Lisa Ardoin
Nov 7
The Arctic Circle Trail: A journey through the wilderness of coastal Greenland
The plane finally lands on the runway at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. After months of preparation, my partner and I are ready to start the...
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@ Christian Rohleder
"375 versus 39, those are the number of days the RV Belgica and RV Polarstern respectively spent in the Bellingshausen Sea along Antarctica’s West coast. Whilst the RV Belgica expedition was the first one to ever reach this part of Antarctica, the RV Polarstern had the unique opportunity to survey previously uncharted areas due to this year’s sea ice minimum."
Belgium's polar pulse
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@ Louise Delhaye
"Have you ever dreamed of venturing into the unknown? Wandering through a world of endless ice and white snow as far as you can see? Dare to challenge the elements and be as close to the polar nature as possible?"
APECS Belgium
May 16
Constance Lefebvre
Mar 21
IMAQA
Oct 313 min read
On IMAQA and how adventure can bring science to the front stage
IMAQA: Bringing science to the forefront through adventure In a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges, IMAQA stands out as...
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IMAQA
Oct 244 min read
Meet the IMAQA team: A unique blend of passion, adventure, and science
In the world of exploration, few teams blend adventure and scientific discovery as seamlessly as IMAQA. Founded by three explorers—...
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IMAQA
Oct 173 min read
IMAQA: the vertiginous creation of a Belgian company that merges exploration and science
This story began in 2022 as we set off on an unique adventure: the Nanok Expedition, a groundbreaking mission across Greenland that...
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Ruben Van Daele
Oct 104 min read
The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - chapter 3
My time in Ny-Ålesund is drawing to a close, and it’s hard to process how much these weeks have impacted me. Waking up each day to the...
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Ruben Van Daele
Oct 37 min read
The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - chapter 2
For weeks, I’ve been collecting soil samples in the northernmost village on Earth. This might make you wonder: why study these soils and...
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Ruben Van Daele
Sep 263 min read
The smallest players of the big climate change game: investigating life under Arctic’s thawing soil - Chapter 1
For the past three weeks, Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard), the northernmost settlement in the world, has been my home and the heart of my PhD...
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Louise Delhaye
Mar 89 min read
Waste Site Story: A bittersweet success story on the waste of Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula.
Almost 40 years after the British Joint Services Expedition to Brabant Island, on the western Antarctic Peninsula, the remains of their...
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Coraline Leseurre
Nov 16, 20233 min read
GreenFeedBack: A project to trace greenhouse gas dynamics in the Arctic Ocean
This summer, a team of five Belgian scientists embarked aboard the new research vessel Belgica in order to study greenhouse gas exchange...
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APECS Belgium
Oct 5, 20234 min read
Crossing Greenland: A call for scientific partnership
Making polar science sustainable and ensuring that the results are accessible and understandable to the general public are two issues...
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Matthias Troch
Mar 9, 20232 min read
WAIS-BELL PS134: The end of a successful expedition
375 versus 39, those are the number of days the RV Belgica and RV Polarstern respectively spent in the Bellingshausen Sea along...
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Matthias Troch
Jan 23, 20235 min read
An interim report from the RV Polarstern PS134 expedition to the Western Antarctic Peninsula
In the evening of December 23rd, 2022, the German scientific icebreaker RV Polarstern left the harbor of Cape Town, South Africa,...
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Matthias Troch
Dec 15, 20223 min read
125 years RV Belgica, a story about Antarctic exploration
125 years ago, Belgian commander Adrien de Gerlache and his crew set sail to Antarctica onboard the RV Belgica, at the dawn of the heroic...
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