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The field camp of the ULTIMO project at Balchenfjella (eastern Sør Rondane Mountains), on the way to their ultimate goal, Mount Belgica.

Members of the BELSPO-financed ULTIMO project relaxing in their tent during this year's field expedition to collect meteorites.

Members of the BELSPO-financed ULTIMO project during a light-hearted moment while on expedition to look for meteorites in December 2024.

Members of the BELSPO-sponsored ULTIMO project head out into the feild to look for meteorites.

Members of the BELSPO-financed ULTIMO project looking for meteorites at Balchenfjella.

During their field campaign this season, the BELSPO-funded ULTIMO project has already found several meteorites.

Scientists from the BELSPO-financed FROID project, which is looking for million-year-old ice in the vicinity of the Sør Rondane Mountains, pose in front of a living container equipped with solar panels, which they will use as living quarters during gtheir extended field stay away from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station. IPfæs team of engineers really know how to make working in the filed more comfortable and practical for scientists who need to spend extended periods of time away from the station.

Members of the BELSPO-financed FROID project, which is looking to find million-year-old ice, pose with members of the PEA station staff as they prepare to depart on a field expedition with IPF expert field guides to take several shallow ice cores for several weeks. The IPF team wishes them success!

The IPF traverse team stops and has a rest during a long drive back from Perseus Airfied to PEA.