Pictures

Throughout my career as a polar explorer, I've been lucky enough to be able to see beautiful landscapes, meet incredible people and live extraordinary adventures.

I've tried to capture these moments on film (in some cases I've been accompanied by a professional photographer) and I'd like to share some of these with you. Enjoy!

  • The Mary Arctica arrived at Crown  Bay with a week delay. She brought two helicopters for the german researchers.

    Working hard at PEA

    27 pictures posted on the 31.01.2012

    Everyone works really hard at the PEA this season. First because we had a delay with the unloading of the Mary Arctica. Second because many foreign researchers came to visit us and work at the station. Here are some shots taken during the first three weeks of January.

  • 23 December 2011 : 9 Germans and 8 IPF team members are landing after a 4 days waiting in Cape Town.

    The second part of the BELARE 2011-12 Season has begun

    26 pictures posted on the 31.12.2011

    With the almost miraculous arrival of new IPF team members at PEA (bad weather has forced the planes to stay on the ground for days), and the departure of some of those who came earlier, the second part of the season has begun.

  • Just a bit of 25-30 knots wind and all the snow came back right away in between the solar panels.

    A day in a life

    18 pictures posted on the 23.12.2011

    Here are some pictures I took randomly about some of our moments of the daily life at PEA Utsteinen. I also wanted to show everyone how the station looks when we have bad weather here in Utsteinen.

  • We left the PEA station on Thursday 1 December under a glorious sunshine : we had 220 km to drive. It took us 12 hours to get to the place of our main basecamp.

    Our first scientific mission : travelling to the coast for the Belissima Project

    30 pictures posted on the 20.12.2011

    On Thursday 1 December, a team of five including myself left the PEA station to travel to the coast for the ULB Belissima Project. Although we had three days of horrid weather, the mission was a success.

  • The new DC3/Basler on its airstrip arrival

    Seasonal reopening of the PEA

    21 pictures posted on the 20.11.2011

    Hubert and his team of 10 arrived at Utsteinen on 16 November 2011 to reopen the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica belgian station.

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