Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

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.

March 05, 2010 in Building the station

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is linked!

The International Polar Foundation (IPF) and global satellite operator SES S.A. have successfully completed the installation and tests of the SES satellite ground station in Antarctica.
February 18, 2010 in Building the station

Construction of the Fuel Platform

Thanks to the joint efforts of all members of the 2009-2010 BELARE team, the construction of the fuel platform next to the Princess Elisabeth Station on Utsteinen Ridge was completed in just under four days.
May 12, 2009 in Building the station

Aiming For Zero Emission

This movie details the Princess Elisabeth Station project from the plans to the end of the building phase. It is a short version of a movie created to present the station at the 2009 Baltimore ATCM.
March 06, 2009 in Building the station

Energy management at the Princess Elisabeth Station

There's no improvising the building of a "zero emission" station. Aside from having to determine the various ways of producing energy, you also have to find a way to store the energy and a way to coordinate the sources supplying ...
January 22, 2009 in Building the station

Arrival of Technical Core Components

The last containers carrying the last missing parts of the station such as the walls or the ceilings or some other technical part such as the bioreactors or the cabinets are slowly arriving in Utsteinen from the coast.
October 16, 2008 in Building the station

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 months, the technical systems allowing the station to reach "zero ...
September 23, 2008 in Building the station

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 the Princess Elisabeth project (Copyright credits: IPF and CAPA TV).
March 11, 2008 in Building the station

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 a very short timeframe.
March 05, 2008 in Building the station

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 project, about completing the first phase of thestation's construction.
February 21, 2008 in Building the station

Flooring Insulation

The last stage of the construction involves laying the insulation layer against the building, including down on the floor. This work requires a lot of precision and an insulated layer of high quality. The material measures 40 cm thick and covers ...