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As there are no windows in the main body of the cargo plane, passengers, including the last members of the 2025-26 BELARE team, are treated to views of the Southern Ocean below them via video camera on the flight from Ultima Air Base to Cape Town on February 12th, 2026

The cargo plane at Ultima Air Base welcomes passengers, including the last members of the BELARE 2025-26 team, bound for Cape Town, South Africa.

With their gear all securely packed, the last members of the BELARE 2025-26 team get ready to take off from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica bound for Ultima Air Base, where they will get their connecting flight to Cape Town.

The hybrid Komatsu Earth Mover positions a steel I-beam beneath the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica's annex.

The tema used the hybrid Komatsu earth mover to position a steel I-beam to prepare it to be placed under the station's annexes.

The carpenters help guide the a metal I-beam beneath the station's annexes that will help support the additional weight of the station's water treatment system.

The cartpenters receive the steel I-beam that will reinforce the station's annexes.

The tema used the hybrid Komatsu earth mover to position a steel I-beam to prepare it to be placed under the station's annexes.

The carpenters help guide the a metal I-beam beneath the station's annexes that will help support the additional weight of the station's water treatment system.