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Belgium has just opened a new scientific research center in Antarctica, 40 years after the old polar research station was closed.
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Belgium has just opened a new scientific research center in Antarctica, 40 years after the old polar research station was closed.
This observatory, IceCube, was built from a giant block of ice in the southern tip of Antarctica, to detect neutrinos - a type of particle that is thought to be mystical…
So far, 53 research stations have been built up here in different positions, different shapes and different purposes.
Manon Ossevoort travels over 2,500km from the Russian base to Antarctica with a tractor.