PEA Skycam Captures Movement of Sun that Never Sets
A skycam attached to the roof of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica catpures the movement of the sun over five days.
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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Stormy weather at Utsteinen
A bad storm hit Utsteinen last weekend on Saturday. This video provides a quick glimpse of what a storm in Antarctica looks and feels like.
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First drone flies over Utsteinen
Our electrical engineer, Karel Moerman, brought a drone with him to Antarctica this year. We've taken aerial images of the station from an ultra light aircraft before, but this…
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GoPro Movie: 360° Antarctic Panorama
Check out this cool 360 degree panoramic view of Antarctica’s incredible landscape, featuring the revolutionary zero emission Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station.
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GoPro Movie: Clearing Antarctic Snow
In this short GoPro video, Jacques Touchette - our favourite Canadian joiner - films the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica tech team getting to grips with the annual "spring cleaning": …
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Emperor penguin colony discovered
Three members of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team have the honour of being the first humans to have visited and photographed a newly-discovered 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins on Antarctica…
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Windy Weather
See what it's like to be in Antarctica with winds blowing at around 100 km/h! While winds in summer are mild compared to winter ones, there have been many summer…
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Par-delà les banquises
"Par-delà les banquises", a movie directed by Dominique Kopp in the framework of the 2007-2008 International Polar Year, explores Antarctica and its paradoxes. The movie leads us through the…
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Team Change at Utsteinen
As the Lidia (from ALCI) lands at Utsteinen, it brings a new group of visitors to the Princess Elisabeth Station. Among the newcomers are Johan Berte, the new kitchen crew,…
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The Utsteinen Windscoop
For those who don't know, a windscoop is a special kind of ice configuration created by the action of the wind brushing up against the landscape. It's basically a bowl-like…