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…
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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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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Heading to PEA!
The first team of the 2022-23 season arrived at PEA at the end of November 2022. While many veterans are used to the journey between Cape Town and the Princess…
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Wrapping up the 2021-22 Season: Final Tasks Before Departure
Each February at the end of the austral summer research reason at the Princess Elsiabeth Antarctica the IPF team must take care of a number of important tasks to ensure…
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Work and Leisure at PEA
Take a look into the lives of station staff both when they're hard at work and when they're enjoying their leisure time!
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Keeping up the Princess
Every year the team from the International Polar Foundation must do a lot to make sure that the world's first "zero emission" polar research station, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica,…