Gallery from the start of the 2019-2020 season
The 2019-2020 season is off to a great start. Thanks to the hangar the BELARE team built last season at the Winter Park just 3 km form the station, it…
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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GEOMAG observatory gets instruments and Toyota Hiluxes see more action
Here are some photos of the GEOMAG observatory as the first instruments are set up in the shelter built to house them more than half a kilometre away from the…
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First trip to the Antarctic Plateau for the Hiluxes
These Toyota Hiluxes on tracks not only look great, they are a key tool in our efforts to support scientific expeditions in the field. Driving one of those to the…
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Customised Toyota Hiluxes in Antarctica
The Mary Arctica brought two customised Toyota Hiluxes to Antarctica. The 200 km trip back to the station was a good test for the vehicles. Kristof Soete, our chief mechanic and…
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Unloading the Mary Arctica at Breid Bay
This past weekend, the PEA team headed for the coast in a big convoy to unload 200 tons of supplies and equipment, including two customised Toyota Hiluxes!
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Building a new geomagnetic observatory
One of the projects for this season is to build a new geomagnetic observatory for the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium. The team had to build it without using any…
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Loading the Mary Arctica at Zeebrugge
We documented the loading of the Mary Arctica, the ship that is transporting cargo to Antarctica for BELARE 10. It took 10 hours to load 45 containers of equipment and supplies (including…
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The final rush before departing for the coast
A big convoy will be leaving the station on wednesday the 26th of November. The whole ICECON team are going to the coast, along with InBev-Baillet Latour Fellowship laureate Jan…
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Testing scientific instruments before field expeditions begin
Scientists intend to colelct a lot of data during the season, but also install automatic instruments that will continue to send data after they have left Antarctica. All these instruments…
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Crevasse training in The field
Crevasses are one of the many dangers of Antarctica. At the beginning of every season, field guides and the doctor organise a training session for everybody. They need to know…