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  • The building team has begun raising the steel structure which will support the station's platform.

    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.

  • EPDM Under the Floor: a sheet of EPDM liner is placed on the underside of the exterior wood panels for isolation against snow and humidity.

    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.

  • Mess Tent - The base camp mess tent at Utsteinen.

    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 ...

  • Group Picture

    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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