Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

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 debuts in Brussels until now.

  • Aerial view of the Station and windturbines standing on the Utsteinen ridge. Utsteinen base camp lies to the West of the ridge. - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 18 Pictures

    Last module goes in

    This picture gallery details the last module being added to the station. The station is now closed but there is still work to do before the team leaves Antarctica.

  • In the upper right hand corner, you can see the Utsteinen Nunatak with, in the background, the Sør Rondane mountain range. - International Polar Foundation

    - 33 Pictures

    Life at Utsteinen

    This picture gallery will allow you to locate the various corners of activity at the Utsteinen premises.

  • Beams up - International Polar Foundation

    - 22 Pictures

    Superstructure and First Modules

    This picture gallery shows how the station has been taking form since the beginning of January. When the wooden superstructure was finished, the first modules were placed against the exterior C-Shaped wooden beams. Although these pictures show a warm blue ...

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    - 57 Pictures

    Who is Who BELARE 2007-2008

    This picture gallery is presenting you people participating in the BELARE 2007-2008 expedition. Some pictures and / or bios are still missing but will be added as soon as we get them.

  • The building team has begun raising the steel structure which will support the station's platform. - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 15 Pictures

    Up on its Feet

    The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station has now successfully been anchored into the granite rock. The building team has raised the station upon its steel feet and is currently working on the assembly of the wooden structure.

  • Group Picture - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 25 Pictures

    New Year’s Eve Party

    This picture sequence shows you how an improvised party in the middleof nowhere can bubble with creativity. The idea behind this NewYear's Eve party was to decorate a white pair of overalls as comicallyas possible.

  • The Russian ice-class cargo dropped ancor on the sea ice in Crown Bay. - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 17 Pictures

    From Crown Bay Back to Utsteinen

    This picture gallery will bring you to Crown Bay to discover the Ivan Papanin when it dropped anchor on the sea ice, then back to Utsteinen to discover more base camp scenes.

  • Preparing anchoring points in the loose substrate and permafrost. - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 16 Pictures

    Preparing Utsteinen Site

    Before the Prinoth tractors start hauling back the 120 containers filled with the Station's elements, certain work had to be completed on site. This picture gallery paints the picture of the various work that was carried out on site during the ...

  • The base camp mess tent at Utsteinen. - International Polar Foundation

    - 14 Pictures

    BELARE 2007-2008: Setting Foot at Utsteinen

    This first photo galery on the BELARE 2007-2008 expedition shows progression of the buiding team in Utsteinen. You will see that the base camp has been fully set up with relative comfort, that the Prinoth tractors have successfully hauled back ...

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