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The carpetners at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica are installing a steel I-beam beneath the station's annexes to add extra support below where the station's water treatment system sits.

The carpetners at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica are installing a steel I-beam beneath the station's annexes to add extra support below where the station's water treatment system sits.

The carpetners at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica are installing a steel I-beam beneath the station's annexes to add extra support below where the station's water treatment system sits.

A snowstorm surrounds the station while the traverse is still on its return journey with the cargo. Under these harsh but typical Antarctic conditions, the heavily loaded tractors can only move forward at very low speed.

Glaciologist Dr Sarah Wauthy from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) explains why she's collecting snow samples from trenches dug in the snow near the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station for the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT project during the 2025-26 Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE).

Glaciologist Dr Sarah Wauthy from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) explains why she's collecting snow samples from trenches dug in the snow near the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station for the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT project during the 2025-26 Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE).

Glaciologist Dr Sarah Wauthy from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) explains why she's collecting snow samples from trenches dug in the snow near the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station for the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT project during the 2025-26 Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE).

Glaciologist Dr Sarah Wauthy from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) explains why she's collecting snow samples from trenches dug in the snow near the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station for the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT project during the 2025-26 Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE).

Glaciologist Dr Sarah Wauthy from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) explains why she's collecting snow samples from trenches dug in the snow near the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station for the BELSPO-financed PASPARTOUT project during the 2025-26 Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE).