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.
The International Polar Foundation team arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station on the 14th of November 2013. They started the four-month BELARE scientific research season with the usual maintenance operations…
Here's a set of pictures of the team of SAMBA scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, who recently discovered a meteorite weighing 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet,…
Some of the vehicles in use at Princess Elisabeth are getting on years - and this means more maintenance work. Also, as Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is a living, working prototype…
Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the "Coldest Journey" Expedition arrived at Crown Bay aboard the S.A. Agulhas, where the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team gave them a hand with the unloading…
While the main part of the station is perched on rock, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica's entrance hall is built directly on the icecap. Because the movement of the ice was causing…
Along with scientific investigation and encountering new emperor penguin colonies, the short four-month season at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is jam-packed with challenging logistics and ground-breaking developments. The International Polar Foundation's…
Photographs just in from Antarctica - our field team has journeyed 254km away from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, for the IceCon and Be:Wise projects, both of…
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team prepare for a two week expedition to the Antarctic coast, for the IceCon and Be:Wise scientific projects. Reinhard Drews, who is in charge of…
After a delayed departure caused by bad weather, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team finally has landed at Utsteinen. As usual, the first tasks are to make sure all systems are…
Every year before the Antarctic season the whole Princess Elisabeth team participates in a training session, revewing safety procedures and making sure everybody is in good shape. This year, the…