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 to the hangar at Perseus Intercontinental Runway to making all necessary preparaitons at the station to start work on the new water treatment system.
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Systems engineer Aymar de Lichtervelde and plumber Bernard Polet work on the station's water treatment unit in preparation for the installation of the new water treatment system.
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Systems engineer Aymar de Lichtervelde tests how well bacteria digest wastewater in a lab at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station.
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Engineer Johan Demuylder installs solar panels to power a mobile container unit that will be sent to Perseus Intercontinental Runway.
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Solar panels on the roof of the mobile container unit will allow it to run on renewable energy.
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IPF engineers and carpenters transform the inside of a mobile container unit.
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