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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.

December 30, 2009 in Building the station

New Team Members Settling in at Base Camp

On the morning of December 17th, a team members arrived at Utsteinen. After the airplane was unloaded, everybody settled into their tents and the base camp came back to life.
December 23, 2009 in Building the station

Relay Antenna On Utsteinen Summit

The team installed a new relay antenna on Utsteinen Summit, requiring four climbs from each member in a single day. Since they were working in a biting cold, the installation…
July 31, 2009 in Building the station

Princess Elisabeth Station: Perspectives and Clichés

The Princess Elisabeth Station has been hibernating in Antarctica since the beginning of the polar winter. Here are a few pictures of the station that were taken during the summer…
April 17, 2009 in Building the station

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%…
March 20, 2009 in Building the station

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…
February 20, 2009 in Building the station

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,…
February 3, 2009 in Building the station

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…
January 30, 2009 in Building the station

Cabling of Wind Turbines

Outside the station, the BELARE team members have just finished an important job: the cabling of the windturbines.
January 20, 2009 in Building the station

Station Perspectives

Utsteinen is a white paradise and the Princess Elisabeth Station offers a marvelous view out onto the panorama which holds all of Antarctica's beauty. These pictures allow you to see…
January 15, 2009 in Building the station

Working on the Technical Core of the Station

Most of the containers have now left Crown Bay and reached Utsteinen. All of the heavy equipment has been hauled into the station and the BELARE team members are working…