Part V: Final Stability Check
A last inspection of the fully assembled station to ensure it remains stable and secure in strong winds.
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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Part IV: Assembling the AWS
Putting the weather station together and verifying each component before final installation.
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Part III: Transporting the AWS
Carrying station components up the hill to the installation site under challenging conditions.
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Part II: Anchoring the AWS into Solid Rock
Drilling into the rock to secure the station with steel guide wires for long-term stability.
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Part I: Testing the new AWS
Final system checks confirm that all sensors and data transmission are working as intended.
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Removing the Old Solar Panels
The solar thermal panels that have heated water at Princess Elisabeth Station since 2009 are carefully removed, making way for the new units shipped for this season.
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First Weather Balloon filled with Hydrogen Produced at PEA Launched
On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station…
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PEA Hydrogen Production Inauguration 24 Dec 2024
Here we see IPF engineer Mathilde Renard and IPF Founder and BELARE Team Leader Alain Hubert inaugurating the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica's new hydrogen production facility, which will be used…
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica: Renovated and Better than Ever
In this video, which features spectacular drone footage of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, we learn how the station has been undergoing renovation over the last several seasons.
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica turns five!
Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the first Zero Emission polar research station, was officially inaugurated five years ago, on the 15th of February 2009. In this video, we look back on those five…