The “Belgica Medal” of the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences has been awarded only every five years since 1963 for outstanding service in Antarctic research. The first medal for this purpose was awarded to the participants of the Antarctic expedition of...
Economic development in the Arctic is also evident in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, not least thanks to new innovative ideas from start-up companies. However, such companies need financial support. Image: Falck, Wikicommons CC BY-SA 3.0 Business development...
Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth is also now available in French. In 1897, the Belgica left Antwerp with at its head Adrien de Gerlache, a young captain, Roald Amundsen, the future great explorer as second in command, an...
Such automatic weather stations AWS have been providing important local and regional weather and climate data from the Arctic and Antarctic to research groups at home for years. Image: International Polar Foundation When it comes to weather and climate data from...
The Belgian station “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica” is the first polar zero-emission station in the world. It has been operating every summer since 2009 and can accommodate 25-40 people. For some time now, it has also had its own runway near the station...