Mounts Belgica
Shortly after they arrived at Utsteinen, Alain Hubert and a few other members of the BELARE 2008-09 expedition left on a reconnaissance mission in the Mounts Belgica. The first objective…
Videos
Through these small videos, we hope to give you a taste of what it is like to work and live at the Princess Elisabeth Station. We tried to cover a broad range of topics and uploaded parts of our archives to do so. We hope you'll like it.
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Setting up camp
The first thing which had to be done after the team members had arrived at Utsteinen was the setting up of base camp. And the first tents to be mounted…
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Covered in Snow and Digging Ourselves Out
Upon their arrival at Utsteinen, the members of BELARE 2008-2009 found the entrance to the garage covered by huge piles of snow. The same was true for everything else left…
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Arrival at Utsteinen
The BELARE 2008-2009 expedition has now truly begun. The footage in this short movie was filmed upon arriving at Utsteinen. Alain Hubert opens the station's front door for the first…
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Princess Elisabeth Station Mock-Up: Assembling the Ventilation System
A scaled mock-up of the Princess Elisabeth station's technical core was built at Laborelec (research centre of the group GDF SUEZ) in Linkebeek. For the past three and a half…
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Genesis of the Princess Elisabeth Station, told by Alain Hubert
As project director and chief engineer of the Princess Elisabeth station construction, Alain Hubert, founding president of the International Polar Foundation (IPF), presents the genesis of the IPF and of…
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Base Camp during BELARE 2007-2008
This short film travels back in time to the first Princess Elisabeth construction phase of 2007-2008. Find out what the conditions were like at the Utsteinen base camp and see…
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Hauling the Equipment in From the Coast
The equipment load necessary to build the station was carried to the base camp, over almost 200 km, using three "Prinoth" tractors and eight sledges. In total, it took the team 18…
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The Construction of the Princess Elisabeth Station
This video goes over the different steps of the construction of the Princess Elisabeth Station. The International Polar Foundation would like to thank MDW Productions for making this movie in…
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The day before we leave: Alain Hubert
"When I look at it, I tell myself that it isn't possible. It's still adream. But it's not! Mission accomplished." Those were the words of AlainHubert, general supervisor of the…