Team Change at PEA
Better weather returned to Utsteinen, allowing the Basler DC-3 to land, bringing new team members to the station. Among the new faces are scientists and a few IPF staff members.…
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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Weather Sets the Pace
Activities carry on at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica in difficult weather conditions. The team now prepares to offload the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay and to welcome the team of German…
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Storm Locks Team up
For the last few days, weather as been terrible as a storm hit us hard. The Princess Elisabeth team is thus concentrating on important tasks to be carried out inside…
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Encounters at the Coast
Seals and penguins are the iconic animals of Antarctica. When you're spending a few days at the coast for a scientific expedition, you are sure to meet some of them…
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Personnel Change at the Princess Elisabeth Station
After a successful first half of the season, some team members who have been in Antarctica since November are staying on; but the station welcomed a number of newcomers.
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The Traverse Team doing Recon at the coast
After helping the various teams involved in the BELISSIMA project set up their base camps at the coast, Alain Hubert, Sanne Bosteels, and René Robert set out on a…
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The BELISSIMA Team on Field Training
Following their arrival at Utsteinen and the testing of their new drill and radar, the members of the BELISSIMA team embarked on a field training to prepare for the dangers…
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BELARE 2010-2011: Meet the Team
From the Expedition Leader to the cook, here are the members of this 2010-2011 BELARE-expedition.
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Clearing up
During the winter, snow accumulates at the foot of the Usteinen Nunatak, covering the entrances to the technical areas, which protects them from the harsh conditions prevailing during this time…
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First Traverse to the Coast
A first team has driven to the coast with members of JARE 51 to do some reconnaisance and prepare the offloading area at Crown Bay.