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On December 19th, new crew members and scientists arrived at PEA to start their mission in Antarctica. Since their arrival, they’ve been doing mandatory safety training and preparing for their field missions.

As the Perseus International Airfield opens for incoming team mebers and scientists, operations at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica move full steam ahead for logistics, infrastructure, and science.

The International Polar Foundation is delighted to share an exciting update from 2018 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellow Dr. Kate Winter of Northumbria University, whose fieldwork around the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica contributed to a major peer-reviewed publication on carbon capture in East Antarctica.

The last week the BELARE team has been busy preparing the three-kilometre long runway at Perseus International Airfield, going on field expeditions, and working on station upgrades.

This week at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station (PEA), the team continued making important adjustments to the station while pushing forward with several scientific support missions across the region.

The International Polar Foundation and the Trân Family are proud to announce the fourth winner of the annual Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award: Marine Spark X from Tromsø, Norway.

After settling in at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA), the team has fully reactivated all the station’s systems. Now that everyone has settled in, the real work begins: maintaining the station and supporting this season’s scientific research projects.

Opened by two exciting side events – a scenarios workshop and the popular Arctic Shorts Film Evening – the 16th edition of the annual Arctic Futures Symposium will explore questions of importance to Arctic stakeholders in the Capital of Europe.

BELARE 2025-26 gets underway as the first crew members arrive at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica and work to get the station up and running.

In partnership with the International Polar Foundation (IPF), Khalifa University of Science and Technology recently hosted the Polar Futures: Collaborative Innovation for a Sustainable Earth seminar at its Main Campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.