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."
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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
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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Louise Delhaye
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Belgium helps create a new protected area in Antarctica
No fewer than 41 countries and 9 organizations met in Helsinki from 29 May to 8 June for the 45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting....
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Marie Cavitte
May 23, 20233 min read
Discover the “New Frontiers of Belgian Polar Science” & COME network with other polar enthusiasts
On the 2nd of June, APECS Belgium is organizing its first annual networking event where we hope to reunite all Belgians or Belgium-based...
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Elise Kazmierczak
May 22, 20233 min read
Our intense experience at the 2023 EGU General Assembly PartII
Elise Kazmierczak provided us 9+1 tips to have a great EGU! For the 4th time, I participated in the EGU General Assembly. In my previous...
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Louise Delhaye
Apr 13, 20233 min read
A SCIENTIFIC PAPER MADE EASY: MONITORING TRACE METALS IN ANTARCTICA
The vivid red hull of the ship slowly makes its way through the sea ice. What is actually just a few scattered icebergs looks like an...
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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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Lotte De Maeyer
Mar 4, 20234 min read
Go Future! Film festival 2023
Today we want to draw your attention to the interesting film festival of Go Future! Have you heard about the Go Future initiative? Read...
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Lotte De Maeyer
Mar 2, 20234 min read
Arctic Science Summit week: 2023 edition
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is an annual event organized by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) that brings...
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Lotte De Maeyer
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Repairing the ozone layer: a global effort
In the stratosphere, 15-30 km above the earth’s surface, a high concentration of ozone is found in what we call the ozone layer. Despite...
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Marie Cavitte
Feb 2, 20234 min read
A scientific paper made easy: understanding what Antarctic ice cores tell us about past (and future)
A recent study, undertaken at UCLouvain by Marie Cavitte and co-authors (including our very own Sarah Wauthy), was published in the...
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Louise Delhaye
Jan 26, 20238 min read
Observations at 65° South – A conversation with Francesca Pasotti
Through the large windows of the C-130 Hercules, all you can see is a smooth white blanket stretching to the horizon. It is not an...
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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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Elise Kazmierczak
Dec 29, 20223 min read
A scientific paper made easy : What will determine the future sea level contribution of Antarctica ?
With this blog post, we inaugurate a new section on our site: scientific papers made easy! Often complicated, specialized and full of...
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Lotte De Maeyer
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Congratulations Sarah!
Today we celebrate our APECS BE member Sarah Wauthy for her efforts in science communication with her YouTube channel: Journal d'une...
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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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