Water recycling and distribution inside the station
Water distribution at the Station is managed very carefully. It is distributed and managed frugally, and it is also reused after treatment. 100% of used water is recycled at the station, 75%…
Picture Galleries
Every season, we publish pictures from Antarctica and we now have quite an archive available. You can follow the life of the Princess Elisabeth Station from its origins in Brussels until the present.
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Interior Design of the Station
After having built the station and integrated its core systems, it was time to work on its interior design! It is one thing to build a solid base for scientific…
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Into the Polar Night
Come the month of March, the Antarctic daylight gradually fades into the deep darkness of winter. The station will have to live up to some fearcefull winds and extremely low…
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Inauguration of the Princess Elisabeth Station in Utsteinen
The Princess Elisabeth Station, the only polar station built during the International Polar Year and the first "zero emission" station ever, was officially inaugurated on Sunday 15th February 2009. The station,…
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Draw your own zero emission station contest: winners
Although the ten winning drawings from the Draw your own "zero emission" station contest are already on their way to the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica, you can still admire…
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Solar panels
Whether it's installing the solar pannels on the outside walls of the Princess Elisabeth Station, unloading the containers, or working setting up the interior of the station, everyone at Utsteinen…
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Cabling of Wind Turbines
Outside the station, the BELARE team members have just finished an important job: the cabling of the windturbines.
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Whiteout at Utsteinen
Until now, we had only had good weather at Utsteinen, which fooled us into thinking that summer in Antarctica wasn't going to be as bad as we had thought. But…
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Sunday in Utsteinen
Even though it's Sunday, Utsteinen is filled with activity. A convoy of Prinoths braves the last difficulties in hauling the containers from the coast to the station, while a few…
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Windscoop
One of the most beautiful landscape features in Antarctica is the windscoop. This natural feature results from the wind brushing up against the ice and shaping the landscape into a…