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Alain Hubert an Tim Grosrenaud prepare to leave PEA on a traverse to the coast to retrieve the last of the cargo that was delivered at the end of last season.

Even the old steering wheel of the Belgica ship has been beautifully preserved and displayed proudly at the MAS museum 

There was a display size model of the Belgica ship, the first ever international research based expedition to over-winter in Antarctica. 

There were a number of old artifacts on display that were part of the Belgica expeiditon and today are over 125+ years old. 

International Polar Foundation systems engineer Aymar De Lichtervelde is seen here working with some tubing that makes up the new, custom built water treatment system, which has been installed at the Princess Elisabeth Station during the 2023-2024 season. 

Here a member of the IPF team and a visiting scientist install the CIMEL sunphotometer (CSPHOT) which is a multi-channel, automatic sun and sky scanning radiometer that measures the direct solar irradiance and sky radiance at the Earth's surface.  The Cimel sunphotometer (CSPHOT) is a multi-channel, automatic sun-and-sky scanning radiometer that measures the direct solar irradiance and sky radiance at the Earth's surface.

A rare phenomenon is seen here, a rainbow of sorts.. ice crystals refract light and cause this visually appealing bow close to the ice sheet. Also in the picture are scientists setting up a new automatic weather station on the King Baudouin ice shelf as part of Dr. Eric Rignot's research project. 

This past season a new water treatment system was implemented at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, with this new system the capacity to treat and recycle water more than doubled. The station can now comfortably treat and recycle the water needs of up to 50 visitors. The system was completely custom, designed and built in house and quite an accomplishment for our team!

During the end of the summer season in Queen Maud Land Antarctica there is only an hour or two where the sun dips below the Sør Rondane mountains. This photo was taken at Perseus International Airfield around midnight at the end of January, 2024.