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[La redazione CIVIS ](https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom) 2. Living and working in the White Desert - vlogs from Antarctica by a ULB student Living and working in the White Desert - vlogs from Antarctica by a ULB student ================================================================================= CIVIS Highlights 16 settembre 2025 Lisa Ardoin, a doctoral student at the Glaciology Laboratory of the Faculty of Science of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), spent three months in Antarctica as part of the *European Beyond EPICA* mission - a project studying the past to predict climate change. Now, Lisa recounts her daily life in the polar region in a series of exclusive vlogs - a rare opportunity for the public to go behind the scenes of an exceptional scientific mission, in the heart of the white continent. ![](/storage/files/202301-projectspotlight-beyondepica-web.jpg) Credit©PNRA\_IPEV *The [Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project](https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/featured-projects/beyond-epica-project-studying-past-predict-climate-change_en#:~:text=The%20Beyond%20EPICA%20%E2%80%93%20Oldest%20Ice,retrieving%20ice%20cores%20from%20Antarctica) is an ambitious international effort of 15 participants from 10 countries, aimed at uncovering Earth’s deep climate history by retrieving ice cores from Antarctica.* Forty kilometers from Concordia Station, at the Little Dome C drilling site, around fifteen scientists have been taking turns every year since 2019 on an extraordinary mission: to reconstruct Earth's climate variations over 1.5 million years. Last winter, the team achieved a historic feat by extracting a 2,800-meter-long ice core , 1.2 million years old – a world first. Like true time capsules, the air bubbles trapped in the ice provide a unique testimony to the evolution of the climate and make it possible to anticipate future changes. From between the glaciers, straight to Instragram ------------------------------------------------- ![](/storage/files/lisa-ardoin-carre.jpg) Lisa Ardoin In the middle of this white desert, amid extreme temperatures, millennia-old ice, curious penguins, and a laboratory cooled to -35°C, Lisa Ardoin, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Science's Glaciology Laboratory, worked and filmed her daily life. With a GoPro camera in hand, she captured images of science and life, which she now shares in a series of 10 vlogs published twice a week on her Instagram account. [SEE THE VLOGS AND JOIN THE ADVENTURE](https://www.instagram.com/l_lardoin/) Beyond the lab -------------- This is not Lisa's first project of this type. Very involved in scientific dissemination, Lisa multiplies initiatives to make her work accessible - in other words, to break the overly serious image of research, to transmit her passion and to motivate people to act in the face of the climate challenge. Her actions brought her the ULB 2024 Scientific Dissemination Prize – doctoral student category. **Read the [full story in French](https://actus.ulb.be/fr/actus/recherche/vivre-et-travailler-au-coeur-de-lantarctique-ca-ressemble-a-quoi).** ### Latest Highlights: [*Earth observation and geoinformatics empower humanitarian response*](https://civis.eu/en/get-informed/news/earth-observation-and-geoinformatics-empower-humanitarian-response) [*SUR researchers identify key elements for food safety and quality*](https://civis.eu/en/get-informed/news/sur-researchers-identify-key-elements-for-food-safety-and-quality) [*The University of Bucharest, internationally recognised for its commitment to sustainable development*](https://civis.eu/en/get-informed/news/the-university-of-bucharest-recognised-for-its-commitment-to-sustainable-development) [*Christian Möllmann: A "civizen" linking European and African universities*](https://civis.eu/en/get-informed/news/christian-mollmann-a-civizen-linking-european-and-african-universities) [*Aix-Marseille Université hosted the celebration of "25 Years of Téthys network"*](https://civis.eu/en/get-informed/news/aix-marseille-universite-hosted-celebration-25-years-tethys-network) Related news ------------ - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/post-it-risks-800x600.jpg?token=3f32ba7f3ab0220e88eeac41defdd8bf)Innovative micro-credential for professionals on AI for the workplace launched by CIVIS Learn 10 febbraio 2026 ](https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom/civis-micro-credentials-ai-and-work-supporting-teams-through-change) - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/eurosud-iee-consilium-copy-800x600.jpeg?token=d7e48b887b15ee3e7750a627f84b5b8e)EUROSUD: A passport to civic-minded expertise on Southern Europe Study programmes 8 luglio 2025 ](https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom/eurosud-a-passport-to-civic-minded-expertise-on-southern-europe) - [ ![](https://civis.eu/storage/files/uam-library-books-donation-800x600.jpg?token=e3bf437b8d8d9567b6cdc42abf85a2cd)700 books for the library of the Université Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow in Dakar, offered by ULB CIVIS Highlights 11 giugno 2025 ](https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom/700-books-for-the-library-of-the-universite-amadou-mahtar-m-bow-in-dakar-offered-by-ulb) [Scopri tutte le nostre storie](https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom) [ The BIPs went to South Africa: Exploring Maternal & Neonatal Immunisation in Johannesburg ](< https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom/bips-went-to-south-africa-exploring-maternal-neonatal-immunisation-johannesburg >) [ Earth observation and geoinformatics empower humanitarian response ](< https://civis.eu/it/the-civis-newsroom/earth-observation-and-geoinformatics-empower-humanitarian-response >) ![CIVIS – Europe’s Civic University Alliance](https://civis.eu/build/assets/civis-CCpvK1nT.svg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe’s Civic University Alliance ![Co-funded by the European Union](https://civis.eu/build/assets/co-funded-by-the-european-union-DSKLW1us.png)Views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). 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