Completion of the Second Winter Park Hangar
Construction at the Winter Park reached a major milestone with the completion of the second wooden hangar. The new structure provides safe storage for scientific equipment and materials, reduces reliance…
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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Preparing Perseus Airfield for Incoming Flights
As the next team and scientific cargo prepare to arrive from Cape Town, the BELARE team is busy grooming the runway at Perseus International Airfield and reopening the hangar. These…
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Installing a New AWS at Vesthaugen Nunatak
The team installed a new basic automatic weather station on Vesthaugen Nunatak. Mounted on solid rock and rising eight metres high, the station focuses on measuring wind conditions and required…
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Upgrading the Solar Thermal System
This week, the team replaced the original solar thermal panels that have been heating water at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station since 2009. The new panels, shipped to Antarctica for this season,…
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Keeping the Station Running Smoothly
Routine maintenance is essential to keep Princess Elisabeth Antarctica operating safely and efficiently in one of the world’s harshest environments. From vehicle checks and snow removal to water…
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FROID project
To support the FROID project, our team returned to marked GPS points on the Antarctic Plateau to track subtle ice movements in blue ice areas.
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Check-ups on the Automatic Weather Stations
Regular check-ups on the automatic weather stations (AWS) as part of the PEACE project ensure year-round, reliable climate data from the Antarctic plateau. Each station transmits its measurements via satellite,…
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Leveling Up
Raising and leveling the station’s annexes is a key task each season as the glacier beneath moves steadily toward the coast. Using newly tested hydraulic jack systems, the…
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The Opening of the BELARE 2025–26 Season
As the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station awakened from its long winter slumber, the BELARE team got straight to work. After months of snow accumulation, the station was almost entirely buried,…
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All the Way to Antarctica!
The 19-member team has arrived in Antarctica! From Cape Town, they boarded a cargo plane, ready to take off for the Antarctic continent. Inside the DC3, the first five crew…