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.
With all mandatory training completed, scientists and BELARE crew members are embarking on field campaigns to carry out their planned research. On December 31st, Sarah Wouthy and field guide Sebastian…
This week, the team celebrated a wonderful Christmas at the station with a delicious meal prepared by long-time cook Christine Mattel. A wooden Christmas tree made from leftover wood and…
As part of the mandatory safety training, new team members and scientists take part in crevasse rescue exercises. Led by expedition leader and mountain guide Alain Hubert, the training teaches…
Following ten days of intensive work to prepare the three-kilometre-long runway at Perseus International Airfield, seven new crew members and three scientists successfully landed on December 19th to begin their…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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.