Picture Galleries
These picture galleries are published by the International Polar Foundation to illustrate it's projects and activities.
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BELARE 2007-2008: Up on its Feet
18.01.2008
The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station has now successfully been anchored into the granite rock. The building team has raised the station upon its steel feet and is currently working on the assembly of the wooden structure.
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BELARE 2007-2008: New Year’s Eve Party
07.01.2008
This picture sequence shows you how an improvised party in the middle of nowhere can bubble with creativity. The idea behind this New Year's Eve party was to decorate a white pair of overalls as comically as possible.
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BELARE 2007-2008: From Crown Bay Back to Utsteinen
04.01.2008
This picture gallery will bring you to Crown Bay to discover the Ivan Papanin when it dropped anchor on the sea ice, then back to Utsteinen to discover more base camp scenes.
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Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival
28.11.2007
Discover the "Ice Fantasy" festival, a world of creatures brought to life by ice sculptors. This picture gallery is a sample of the many figurines found at the festival. You can also visit the real thing in Bruges from the 22nd of November 2007 ...
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BELARE 2007-2008: Setting Foot at Utsteinen
21.11.2007
This first photo galery on the BELARE 2007-2008 expedition shows progression of the buiding team in Utsteinen. You will see that the base camp has been fully set up with relative comfort, that the Prinoth tractors have successfully hauled back the containers ...
