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.

  • Setting up the canvases in Antarctica - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 16 Pictures

    Wim Tellier in Antarctica

    Protect 7-7 is a unique art exhibit which was held on the 7th continent. Wim Tellier, the author, wanted to find a place everyone would recognize to be Antarctica where he could exhibit his six 20m X 40m photographs. He ...

  • Technical core: Three successive rooms in the centre of the Station where the main technical systems can be found. - International Polar Foundation / IPF

    - 15 Pictures

    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% of which is after each treatment reused for showers, toilets ...

  • Follow the guide! This is the living room. - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 15 Pictures

    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 research in Antarctica; another to actually be able to live ...

  • A flight around Utsteinen: View of the Utsteinen village - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 15 Pictures

    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 temperatures by its own, until next November, when new science ...

  • Antarctica from the air - International Polar Foundation / IPF

    - 15 Pictures

    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, which is now without a doubt a model of stations ...

  •  - Jeremie Bontems/ International Polar Foundation

    - 10 Pictures

    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 these original and imaginative masterpieces in our photo gallery.

  • Philippe Herman on the airstrip at Utsteinen... between Lydia and Polar 5, the two Baslers from Antarctic Logistics Centre International. - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 22 Pictures

    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 is constantly working...

  • The storm approaches... - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 10 Pictures

    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 our luck could only have held out for so long: ...

  • Om mane padme om - International Polar Foundation / René Robert

    - 28 Pictures

    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 others decide to take the day to explore Teltet in ...

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