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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…
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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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…
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Daily Life at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
Life at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station is a balance of research, logistics, and fieldwork in an extreme environment. During the austral summer, temperatures can rise above freezing, causing meltwater pools…
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The EXPOSOILS Project - Studying Microbes in a Warming Antarctica
The EXPOSOILS project, funded by BELSPO, investigates how microbial communities in Antarctic soils respond to warming conditions. Researchers collect samples from dry valleys and specially protected areas near the Princess…
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The NISAR Project - Exploring the King Baudouin Ice Shelf
The NISAR project, led by researchers from UC Irvine, focuses on studying the King Baudouin Ice Shelf and its interaction with the ocean beneath. Using a radar-equipped sledge, powered by…
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The PASPARTOUT Project - Tracing Particles Across Antarctica
The PASPARTOUT project, led by researchers from Ghent University, studies particles deposited in Antarctic snow and how they are transported across the globe by atmospheric circulation. Scientists collect pristine snow…
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The CRYOS Project - Studying Snow and Ice Dynamics
The EPFL-CRYOS project investigates how snow surface structures, like sastrugi, influence the albedo - the amount of solar radiation reflected by the ice. This affects the surface mass balance of…
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The FROID Project - Exploring Ancient Ice
The FROID project, funded by BELSPO, is on a mission to uncover million-year-old ice in the vicinity of the Sør Rondane Mountains. These ancient ice layers contain invaluable…
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The ULTIMO Project - Searching for Meteorites
Among the exciting research projects taking place during the BELARE 2024–2025 season is the ULTIMO project, supported by BELSPO (the Belgian Science Policy Office). This ambitious project aims to uncover…