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There were over 45,000 people that visited the MAS exhibition in the 4.5 months that it was open to the public!

There was a display size model of the Belgica ship, the first ever international research based expedition to over-winter in Antarctica. 

The MAS exhibition 'To the Antarctic' blended old historical aspects from the Belgica expedition with contemporary part which focused on the research taking place on the continent. 

An old pair of pants and jacket were on display from the time of the Belgica expedition. 

There were a number of interactive screens that visitors could use at their own pace to learn about the research and other facets of work and life on the Antarctic continent today. 

There were a number of old artifacts on display that were part of the Belgica expeiditon and today are over 125+ years old. 

The Belgica ship was frozen into the Antarctic sea ice and the crew had to spend months in the dark and freezing conditions before they were able to free the ship again and sail back to Europe. 

International Polar Foundation systems engineer Aymar De Lichtervelde is seen here working with some tubing that makes up the new, custom built water treatment system, which has been installed at the Princess Elisabeth Station during the 2023-2024 season. 

Here a member of the IPF team and a visiting scientist install the CIMEL sunphotometer (CSPHOT) which is a multi-channel, automatic sun and sky scanning radiometer that measures the direct solar irradiance and sky radiance at the Earth's surface.  The Cimel sunphotometer (CSPHOT) is a multi-channel, automatic sun-and-sky scanning radiometer that measures the direct solar irradiance and sky radiance at the Earth's surface.