Daily life at the Princess Elisabeth Station

Unloading of the freight at Utsteinen.

Unloading of the freight at Utsteinen.

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  • Unloading of the freight at Utsteinen.
  • Clearing away the garages at the beginning of the summer.
  • The foundations of the garages. No concrete, a layer of wood, a layer of snow, and so on...
  • Olivier Diez's tent.
  • Scientists working on the BELISSIMA project (Belgian Ice-Sheet Shelf-Ice Measurements in Antarctica). Bryn Hubbard is from the University of Aberystwyth, while Jean-Louis Tison and Denis Samyn are from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). They are preparing the drilling equipment
  • The BELISSIMA drilling team setting up their technical equipment.
  • Work space of Rene Wagemans, Officer of the Belgian Army.
  • Manual measurement reading from the automatic weather station.
  • The forever smiling chef, François, in front of his unlimited stock of water.
  • Preparation of the dinner.
  • On the menu: confit of duck..
  • 21st century... an era of communications.
  • Extension of the office tent in the mess tent: Steven is working on the plans of the ventilation system.
  • The toilets after they have been cleared of snow...Nice job!
  • Self-portrait of the photographer in the bathroom.
  • Medical center at the base camp.
  • Sinterklaas, Christmas, and Easter all into one: the pantry in the garages...authorized personnel only.
  • Working in the station.
  • Bureaus in the station.
  • The work space in the station.

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Teacher Koen Meirlaen performs the experiment at the Princess Elisabeth station in Antarctica.

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