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		<title>Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - Press Releases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:57:34 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[AWI scientists at Princess Elisabeth station in Antarctica discover possible meteorite impact site]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/awi_scientists_at_pea_discover_possible_meteorite_impact_site</link>
			<description><![CDATA[During their stay at Belgium&rsquo;s Princess Elisabeth station in East Antarctica, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany have discovered a possible meteorite impact site during an aerial geological survey mission to study the geological history of East Antarctica.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Teacher At Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/a_teacher_at_princess_elisabeth_antarctica_station</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brussels, the 19th of November 2014 - Roger Radoux, an electronics teacher at the Ath&eacute;n&eacute;e Royal d&#39;Ans and the laureate of the second Polar Quest contest, will spend five weeks at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station during this 2014-15 BELARE season. During his stay at the station, he will be in regular communication with Belgian students to help them learn about the technical aspects of the station, as well as the variety of the different scientific projects (glaciology, atmospheric sciences and Earth sciences) taking place at the station.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Celebrates Five Years of Successful Operations]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/princess_elisabeth_antarctica_celebrates_five_years_of_successful_operation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brussels, Belgium, February 13, 2014 -- This Saturday, February 15th, the International Polar Foundation celebrates five years of successful&nbsp;operations since the inauguration of Antarctica&rsquo;s only zero emission polar research station, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica [1]. The station&rsquo;s team in Antarctica will mark the occasion with a small ceremony, to be held under the first Full Moon of the season.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists Arrive at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica for Polar Research Season]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/scientists_at_princess_elisabeth_antarctica_for_polar_research_season</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Antarctica, 27 November 2013 &ndash; 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.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zero Emission Antarctic Base Opens After Long Winter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/zero_emission_antarctic_base_opens_after_long_winter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Antarctica, 14 November 2013&nbsp;&ndash; 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 scientific research season. The team&rsquo;s arrival was delayed by a week due to bad weather hampering flight operations in and out of Russia&rsquo;s Novo airbase.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth and Prince Philippe Visit Antarctic Station Exhibition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/princess_elisabeth_and_prince_philippe_visit_antarctic_station_exhibition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 20 May 2013 --&nbsp;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;Inside the Station&rdquo; exhibition at Tour &amp; Taxis, Brussels.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antarctic Scientists Discover 18kg Meteorite]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/antarctic_scientists_discover_18kg_meteorite</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 28 February 2013 &ndash; 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 sheet, the largest&nbsp; such meteorite found in the region since 1988.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:57:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newly discovered emperor penguin colony receives first human visitors]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/newly_discovered_emperor_penguin_colony_receives_first_human_visitors</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Antarctica, 8 January 2013 --Three team members from Belgium&rsquo;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 emperor penguins on Antarctica&rsquo;s Princess Ragnhild Coast.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:16:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antarctic Exhibition Takes Visitors Inside World&#8217;s First Zero Emission Research Station]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/antarctic_exhibition_takes_visitors_inside_world8217s_first_zero_emission_r</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Brussels, Friday, December 21st: Visitors to Brussels can match themselves to the challenges of life in Antarctica this Christmas at&nbsp;Inside the Station, which opens tomorrow Saturday, December 22nd&nbsp;at the city&rsquo;s prestigious Tour &amp; Taxis venue, and runs until May 31st&nbsp;2013.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:32:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Season&#8217;s first scientists arrive at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica]]></title>
			<link>http://www.antarcticstation.org/press_releases/detail/seasons_first_scientists_arrive_at_princess_elisabeth_antarctica</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Antarctica, 22 November 2012 &ndash;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 leader Alain Hubert welcomed the new arrivals to the zero emission station, which is operated by the International Polar Foundation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:29:35 +0100</pubDate>
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