Preparing scientific expeditions
With the scientific expeditions commencing soon, our technical team is helping the scientists prepare the equipment and instruments they will use in the field.
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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Preparing the way for scientists
The first scientists arrived at the station last week, and our job as Antarctic operator is to support their work in the field. One of our first missions was to…
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Let the 2013-2014 season begin!
The International Polar Foundation team arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station on the 14th of November 2013. They started the four-month BELARE scientific research season with the usual maintenance operations…
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Finding Meteorites in Antarctica
Here's a set of pictures of the team of SAMBA scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, who recently discovered a meteorite weighing 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet,…
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Maintenance Work & Solar Panels
Some of the vehicles in use at Princess Elisabeth are getting on years - and this means more maintenance work. Also, as Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is a living, working prototype…
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Meeting the “Coldest Journey” team at Crown Bay
Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the "Coldest Journey" Expedition arrived at Crown Bay aboard the S.A. Agulhas, where the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team gave them a hand with the unloading…
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Rebuilding the Entrance Hall at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
While the main part of the station is perched on rock, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica's entrance hall is built directly on the icecap. Because the movement of the ice was causing…
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Operating in the Antarctic
Along with scientific investigation and encountering new emperor penguin colonies, the short four-month season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is jam-packed with challenging logistics and ground-breaking developments. The International Polar Foundation's…
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Drilling for Answers in Antarctica: The IceCon & Be:Wise Projects
Photographs just in from Antarctica - our field team has journeyed 254km away from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, for the IceCon and Be:Wise projects, both of…
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Preparing IceCon and Be:Wise Antarctic fieldtrip
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team prepare for a two week expedition to the Antarctic coast, for the IceCon and Be:Wise scientific projects. Reinhard Drews, who is in charge of…