Latest News
In this section you will find news related to IPF activities, its members, its projects, etc. We will try to keep you up to date as much as we can. If you need specific information, you can always get in touch using the contact form.
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Flash animation on Polar regions and climate change : New linguistic versions
04.11.2004
The animations produced by IPF on polar regions and climate change have been so successfull that we have decided to have them translated in more languages.
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Belgian Minister in Antarctica
04.11.2004
In November 2004, the New Zealand government hosted the Belgian Federal Minister for Science Policy, Mr Marc Verwilghen at the Antarctic Research station, Scott Base, in McMurdo Sound. Alain Hubert of the IPF accompanied Mr Verwilghen on this trip, and was impressed by the efficient running of NZ Antarctic operations.
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BELARE 2004 : Station site chosen
29.08.2004
On Monday 29 November 2004, the Belare 2004 team located the optimal site for the new Antarctic summer station in the Sör Røndane Mountains, 200 metres north of the Usteinen Nunatak. The geographical coordinates are: S.71°56'47" and E.23°20'44", altitude: 1368m.
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Official launching of the Museum of Polar History and Exploration ASBL
07.07.2004
Located in Brussels (Anderlecht), the museum will house exhibitions on Polar history as well as highlighting the scientific aspects of Polar exploration beginning with the overwintering of the Belgica off the Antarctic continent in 1897.
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Presentation of the EONS project at the Expo-Sciences in Brussels
13.05.2004
The EONS project is a "low-tech initiative" aimed at making science attractive to younger people and familiarising older school age children (from 14years) with the application of scientific method to problem solving. The core activity under the program is designing an environmental monitoring system, using simple components, and then using it to capture, store and transfer data to a central…
