Tag: International Polar Foundation

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Belgian station in Antarctica hit by COVID-19 infections

  

  Although Project Manager Joseph Cheek said the situation was “not dramatic,” at least 16 of the 25 workers at Belgium's Princess Elisabeth polar station have tested positive for COVID-19 and the whole staff will remain isolated until Jan. 12, it was reported.

• Thursday, January 24th 2013 - 05:26 UTC

  Explorers visit newly discovered 9.000-strong colony of Emperor penguins in Antarctica

  

  Three members of Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team became the first humans to have visited and photographed a newly-discovered 9.000-strong colony of emperor penguins on Antarctica’s Princess Ragnhild Coast.