Second Edition of Children’s Book Encouraging Climate Action Released
When Carole Stora-Calté wrote the children’s book, “Le Monde OUKA” (OUKA World), she was working with the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …
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Nander Wever’s Unique Perspective of Antarctic Reseach
Nander Wever is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. His research interests include modelling snow cover processes in …
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Second Arctic Professionals Network Event Leaves Participants Wanting More
On Wednesday 15 May, the Second Arctic Professionals Network Event (and the first such event to be held in Brussels), welcomed nearly 20 professionals working in the political sector as well as …
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IPF to Co-Host Second Arctic Professionals Network Event
On Wednesday 15 May, the International Polar Foundation and APECS Belgium will co-host the Second Arctic Professionals Network Event, organised by the Arctic Institute at the Sister Café in the …
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Young Engineer Improves Water Treatment System at Princess Elisabeth Station
A young Belgian bioengineer, Aymar de Lichtervelde, stepped up to the challenge of spending a season at the Princess Elisabeth Station Antarctica. He was given the daunting task of improving …
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International Polar Foundation Affirms Support for Student Climate Protests
The International Polar Foundation would like to publicly affirm its full support for the student climate protests taking place around the globe. We’re heartened by the fact that …
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BELARE Team Heads Home as Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Enters Winter Mode
After another very successful season, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is now in overwintering mode. The last eight members of the BELARE team left the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica on February 27th.
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Engineer Who Lives Off-Grid Recounts First Season Working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
Guus Luppens is an electromechanical engineer who travelled to Antarctica for the first time during the 2018-2019 research season. He was tasked with taking care of a number of maintenance …
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Baillet Latour Laureate Recounts Her First Field Season in Antarctica
Dr. Kate Winter of Northumbria University in the UK is the 2018-2020 laureate of the prestigious Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship. During the 2018-2019 research season, she stayed at the Princess …
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Jean-Louis Tison on the Mass2Ant Project’s Recent Season in Antarctica
Prof. Jean-Louis Tison and a team of scientists from the Glaciology Laboratory at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) conducted field work in East Antarctica this past season for …