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The season got into full swing this past week following the arrival of the scientists and new crew.

Sunny skies have returned to  vicinity of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica just in time for new arrivals at the station!

After some pleasant weather during the first few weeks of the season, stormy weather has arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, forcing a few changes of plan and even unexpected visitors.

On December 2nd, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) welcomed the first scientific team of the season. Comprising four scientists, three pilots, and technicians from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany, they arrived with their specialised Polar 6 Basler aircraft equipped with an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radar beneath the wing.

The annual Arctic Futures Symposium and its growing number of side events, including the highly popular Arctic Shorts film evening, is happening this week.

The team enjoyed pleasant weather as they started working on the first major tasks of the season.

Thanks to a productive first week and favourable weather, the station is now running at full power with all systems successfully restarted.

The 2023-2024 season is off to an active start as the Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) lead team arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station!

A peak in the Sør Rondane Mountains now bears the name of Professor Tony Van Autenboer, a geologist and leader of many Belgian geological research expeditions between 1958 and 1970.

For more than ten years, meteorite scientists from Belgian universities have been using the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station as a base from which to search for meteorites, which can give clues to the origins of our solar system.