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Earlier this week, Head Engineer at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Nicolas “Nico” Herinckx paid a visit to Anges School in Brussels to talk about his work in Antarctica and inspire students to learn about STEM subjects.

Back in January, the International Polar Foundation teamed up with the SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education at the University of Colorado Boulder to co-host “Live from Antarctica 2.0” direct from the Princess Elisabeth Station. The entire recording of the event is now available to watch online.

Starting on Monday, March 23rd, viewers can watch an extended five-part television version of the Bargones documentary, 2050.

Now that the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica has been closed for the season and the remaining members of the BELARE team have arrived in Cape Town, the 2025-26 season has officially come to an end.

The time has come to focus on preparing the Princess Elisabeth for winter mode to make sure the station is able to run autonomously until the team returns in November. Departure is scheduled for Thursday, February 12th.

With the scientists and several crew members having returned home, the attention of the remaining thirteen team members at the station turns to the many tasks they must complete before the end of the season. The next couple of weeks will be packed!

After one month in Antarctica collecting samples and data at the Princess Elisabeth and in the field, the scientists who came to the station this season will be departing on the next flight along with several members of the crew.

The scientific season is in full swing at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA).

The popular online webinar featuring engineers and scientists from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica returns for a second edition on January 15th!

Last week as the BELARE team rang in 2026, the PASPARTOUT project began its field campaign for this season, the ROMA and SnowFlux projects continued setting up instruments in the vicinity of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. Soon Alain Hubert and Tim Grosrenaud will start their reconnaissance missions at the coast accompanied by Simon Steffen heading back out to work on instruments for the PEACE and NISAR projects.