First Weeks of 2020-2021 Season
The 2020-2021 BELARE season is off to a good start, despite the added logistical challenge this year of dealing with the COVID-19 situation. The team - consisting of Expedition Leader…
Picture Galleries
Every season, we publish pictures from Antarctica and we now have quite an archive available. You can follow the life of the Princess Elisabeth Station from its origins in Brussels until the present.
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Encountering Wildlife at the Coast of Antarctica
During scientific research expeditions and traverses to pick up supplies brought by cargo ship to the coast of East Antarctica, the possibility of encountering Antarctic wildlife is pretty high. Here…
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Traverses Collect Cargo Brought by Ship
During the season 2019/2020, three heavily-loaded traverses were organised to transport cargo delivered by ship to the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) Research Station. The more than 200 km journey between…
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Installing the New Relay Antenna at Vesthaugen Nunatak
IPF engineers and technicians spent two days at Vesthaugen Nunatak, halfway between the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station and the new Perseus Intercontinental Airstrip, installing a new wireless relay.…
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Building Solar Power Units for Scientists
BELARE engineers Guus Luppens and Johan De Muylder have been hard at work building mobile solar-powered devices to provide scientists working in the field with renewable energy to power their…
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Landing of First Intercontinental Flight at Perseus Airstrip
On 22 November 2019, the first intercontinental DROMLAN flight to Perseus Airstrip arrived from Cape Town around 18:00 UTC. This was a historic moment! Located just 60 km north of the Princess…
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Gallery from the start of the 2019-2020 season
The 2019-2020 season is off to a great start. Thanks to the hangar the BELARE team built last season at the Winter Park just 3 km form the station, it…
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GEOMAG observatory gets instruments and Toyota Hiluxes see more action
Here are some photos of the GEOMAG observatory as the first instruments are set up in the shelter built to house them more than half a kilometre away from the…
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First trip to the Antarctic Plateau for the Hiluxes
These Toyota Hiluxes on tracks not only look great, they are a key tool in our efforts to support scientific expeditions in the field. Driving one of those to the…
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Customised Toyota Hiluxes in Antarctica
The Mary Arctica brought two customised Toyota Hiluxes to Antarctica. The 200 km trip back to the station was a good test for the vehicles. Kristof Soete, our chief mechanic and…