New Year Brings Lots of Work for BELARE Team
Lots of work faced the BELARE team as 2024 arrived. At the station, carpenters finished a protective cover between the roof of the annexes and the granite ridge upon which the…
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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Infrastructure and Logistics at PEA in November
Works at the Princess Elsiabeth Antarctica, especially the installation of the new water treatment system, continued as planned. The wall of the station's annex was reapaired, while the Prinoth…
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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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Last Tasks of the Season
The 2022-23 austral sumemr resaerch season is coming to a close. Some of the last taks of the season include preparing the station for overwintering, packing up scientific equipment to…
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Ship Offloading February 2023
During the first weekend of February 2023 a team of four led by Expedition Leader Alain Hubert offloaded equipment, food, and other amterials from a cargo ship that had sailed from…
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Keeping Busy at PEA
While waiting for the boat to arrive with the componetns of the new water treatment system and supplies, the BELARE has been keeping busy with various tasks, from making upgrades…
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Reconnaissance at the Coast
In late December 2022 and early January 2023, a team led by Expedition Leader Alain Hubert went to the coast of Queen Maud Land to find an ideal location for the supply…
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IPF Team Assists Scientists
Whether deployed in the field with scientists or doing work for scientsits who aren't scheduled to go to the Princess Elsiabeth Antartica during a given season, engineers from the…
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Scientists and Second Team Arrive
On Saturday, December 17th, a second team, including scientists form the BAMM, HYPERNETS and PEACE projects arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. After going through the requisite safety training, the…
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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…