Flemish School receives International Polar Foundation prize
To mark UN World Environment Day on June 5th, the International Polar Foundation's Nathalie Van Isacker presented the College Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Doorn, from the Flemish town …
News Archive
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Princess Elisabeth and Prince Philippe Visit Antarctic Station Exhibition
We were proud to welcome Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Philippe, and his daughter Princess Elisabeth of Belgium to the “Inside the Station” exhibition at Tour & Taxis, Brussels …
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Arctic Futures Symposium 2012 Report Now Available
Summaries of presentations and discussions from a broad range of Arctic stakeholders present at Arctic Futures 2012 in Brussels, are now available for download in the Arctic Futures Symposium 2012 Final Report.
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Scientists Working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Discover 18kg Meteorite
A team of scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica have discovered a meteorite weighing 18kg, the largest such meteorite found in the region since 1988.
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Foundation team are first humans to visit emperor penguin colony
Three members of the International Polar Foundation's Princess Elisabeth Antarctica are the first humans to visit and photograph a newly-discovered 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins.
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Inside the Station Exhibition Opens in Brussels
We are proud to announce that on Saturday December 22nd, our exhibition of life at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, Inside the Station, opens at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. The exhibition …
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Arctic Futures 2012: Video Q&A with Speakers
As a followup the Arctic Futures Symposium in Brussels earlier this month, we have now posted Questions and Answer sessions with three of the key speakers from the conference - …
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes visits the International Polar Foundation
Legendary polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes dropped by the Internatonal Polar Foundation offices here in Brussels this morning, to meet up with the foundation's president Alain Hubert. …
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica book now available!
We're delighted to announce a new book by International Polar Foundation vice-president Nighat Amin, about the world' first zero emission polar research station.
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Brussels’ Manneken-Pis Becomes a Polar Explorer
Brussel's world-famous icon, the mischievous Mannekin-Pis statue of the "little peeing boy", turned into an Arctic and Antarctic adventurer this morning, when he was presented with a polar expedition …