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On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

During the last week of December 2024 at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, participants in the "Nerdland for kleine nerds" (Nerdland for small nerds) events were treated to videos of IPF #engineer Johan De Muylder talking about life in #Antarctica and doing experiments at the #PrincessElisabeth station such as throwing hot water in the air and freezing soap bubbles. The audience of families at the Lotto Arena were fascinated by the experiments, as you can see from the video here. We're always happy to do our part get young people interested in #STEM subjects!

On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

On December 24th, the first weather balloon filled with hydrogen was launched from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station. This milestone marks the firs time hydrogen produced at the station has been put to practical use.

In late December, members of the BELARE team headed to the coast to prepare the site where members of the NISAR and PASPARTOUT projects will install instruments.