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The new panels are firmly fixed to the mounting structure to ensure stability under Antarctic weather conditions.

The original solar thermal panels are carefully removed from the roof of Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station after more than a decade of service.

Plumber Simeon Polet fine-tunes the flow rate in the water treatment system’s filtration stage to maintain optimal performance.

Plumber Simeon Polet prepares the filtration process before drying the sludge from the station’s water treatment system.

Installing polyethylene sheets around the base of the annex façade to prevent powder snow from infiltrating underneath the building.

IPF welder and construction worker Baptiste Verdin assists Lampreapineda from Ghent University, who is in Antarctica working on the BELSPO-funded PASPARTOUT project, install a new volitile organic coumpound (VOC) sampler on the roof of the station.

Ghent University researcher Paula Lampreapineda works on a new and improved version of the volatile organic compound autosampler in PEA's garage for the BELSPO-sponsored PASPARTOUT project.

Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University and Sergi Gonzalez from the EPFL in Lausanne get ready to leave for the Princess Ragnhild Coast in a caterpillar equipped Toyota Hilux with their field guide Manu Poudelet.

On Friday, January 24th, Paula Lampreapineda from Ghent University, who is working for the BELSPO-funded PASPARTOUT project, and Sergi Gonzalez from the EPFL in Lausanne, who is working on the CRYOS project, left PEA for the coast. Everyone waves goodbye and wished them well.