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: Superstructure and First Modules
29.01.2008
This picture gallery shows how the station has been taking form since the beginning of January. When the wooden superstructure was finished, the first modules were placed against the exterior C-Shaped wooden beams. Although these pictures show a warm blue sky, temperatures have lately been posting an average of -10 °C.
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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 ...
