Taking pictures and filming on the ice

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.

  • BELARE Training, Chamonix, September 2012

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    BELARE Training, Chamonix, September 2012

    Every year before the Antarctic season the whole Princess Elisabeth team participates in a training session, revewing safety procedures and making sure everybody is in good shape. This year, the…

  • Helicopters at Work

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    Helicopters at Work

    The BGR scientists, who are investigating the geological history of the region during the formation and break-up of the Gondwana Supercontinent, came with two helicopters this year. We couldn't wait…

  • AWI Operations and Mobile Field Camp

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    AWI Operations and Mobile Field Camp

    Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) are in Crown Bay to do a geophysical survey using their newly equipped Basler plane. As Antarctic Operator, the International Polar Foundation provides…

  • Helicopters in Antarctica

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    Helicopters in Antarctica

    Our German scientists are using helicopters to do a geological air survey within the framewok of the BGR research project. The helicopters were transported on the Mary Arctica. Having helicopters…

  • Team Change at PEA

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    Team Change at PEA

    Better weather returned to Utsteinen, allowing the Basler DC-3 to land, bringing new team members to the station. Among the new faces are scientists and a few IPF staff members.…

  • Weather Sets the Pace

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    Weather Sets the Pace

    Activities carry on at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica in difficult weather conditions. The team now prepares to offload the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay and to welcome the team of German…