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

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.

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!

Riding back to PEA in a Toyota Hilux after spending some time at Perseus Airfield to prepare for the arrival of scientists in a few days!

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

Newly arrived scientists from the ULTIMO project, which will look for meteorites, plan their field campaigns with IPF's expert guides in the dining area at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.

Our station doctor explains how to treat an injured patient in the new well-equipped surgery room at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station.