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,…
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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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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Moving Supplies in Extreme Conditions
Logistics in Antarctica is always a challenge, and during the BELARE 2024–2025 season, the team faced the demanding task of unloading cargo from the supply ship. Every operation requires careful…
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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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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…
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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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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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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'…