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Towards an integrated education and outreach program for the International Polar Year

02.08.2005

The need for a coordinated effort of Education and Outreach (E&O) within the context of the International Polar Year (IPY) of 2007-08 is a pressing issue that has risen to the forefront of the IPY agenda. In this context, the IPY Education & Outreach workshop in Boulder, Colorado on 20-22 July provided the perfect setting for three days of project…
A new museologist for the PCCO: the team is now completed

20.07.2005

Agnès Levillain, a French museologist and professor at the "Université de Bourgogne" in Dijon, has joined the scientific films director Pierre Morize and the biologist Gauthier Chapelle to constitute the core content conception team of the PCCO.
The Belgian Antarctic Station: First wind tunnel testing at the von Karmann Institute

13.07.2005

The Belgian Antarctic Station is conceived as a prototype to achieve the minimum environmental impact and the highest efficiency in the use of energy resources and waste management, fundamental issues of the Antarctic Environmental Protocol. At the same time the design concept will be such that the ambient conditions have the least impact on the operation of the base. As…
Descartes Science Prizes - initial nominations and IPF involvement

12.07.2005

The Grand Jury for the prestigious Descartes Research Prize announced 14 nominated projects in Brussels on 11 July, from which five winners will be chosen later this year. Amongst the 14 nominated projects (from 76 initial contenders) is the CECA project, coordinated by the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), involving multi-disciplinary research projects on climate and environmental change…
The IPF and the European Commission work together to promote polar research

12.07.2005

The International Polar Foundation has recently taken an important step to communicate the importance of polar science and climate change to a broad public. The latest issue of the very widely read RDT Info magazine (from the European Commission's Research Directorate-general) is focused on European research carried out in polar regions and was prepared at the initiative of and in…