Connections Across the Ice
The Antarctic season is full of surprises, and the BELARE 2024–2025 team has already experienced a few remarkable moments. This season, the team has supported scientists from the Alfred Wegener…
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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Medical and Field Safety Training at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
Safety always comes first in Antarctica. Before heading out into the field, every team member and visiting scientist at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica undergoes mandatory medical and field training. This crucial…
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Prepare the Station for the BELARE Season 24/25
The new Antarctic season has officially begun! The first 12 members of the BELARE 2024–2025 team have arrived on the continent, landing at Ultima Air Base before continuing their journey on…
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Scientists on the Move
January 2024 saw the passage of the CHINARE research plane the Snow Dragon at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica and several resarch projecs head out into the field towards the coast.
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Storm at PEA Decmeber 2023
Following some very nice and unusually warm weather in November, the Princess Elsiabeth Antarctica was subject to several days of very stormy weather. The BELARE team had to spend a…
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First weeks of the 2023-24 season
The first BELARE team arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica for the 2023-24 season on the evening of November 11th. Initial drone footage that Benoit took on the day…
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Tidying up the Princess
Each season when the first team arrives at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica one of hte first things they need to do is clear away the snow, start up the station'…
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Visit of VIPS to PEA
During the second week of January 2023, a number of VIPs visited the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica and learned about its zero-emission design!
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Storm at PEA!
In December 2022, a summer storm hit the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. Despite the 100 km/h winds and reduced visibility, the PEA crew didn't stop working!
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Too Much Snow!
One of the frist tasks the team undertakes when it arrives at the Pricness Elisabeth Antarctica at the start of each season is removing snow from the station. During the…