Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

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 debuts in Brussels until now.

  • Before we go, a general check is in order. - International Polar Foundation

    - 16 Pictures

    A Trip to Crown Bay before Replacing the Batteries

    This picture gallery give a visual account of our trip to Crown Bay to bring the remaining containers unloaded from the Mary Arctica to the station. Shortly after that, we replaced the 192 batteries in the station with new and more ...

  • The team for the second part of the season: Happy New Year! - International Polar Foundation

    - 17 Pictures

    New Year’s Eve and Maintenance Operations

    The Princess Elisabeth Station celebrated the new year with a nice dinner. While waiting for the ship to arrive at Crown Bay, the whole IPF team carries on with maintenance operations at Utsteinen.

  • Dr Jacques Richon and Alain Hubert were on their way back from Utsteinen Nunatak when the wind started picking up - International Polar Foundation

    - 18 Pictures

    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 the station, going out as little as possible.