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Gauthier Chapelle, scientific officer for the International Polar Foundation, has left Cape Town aboard the Polarstern on the 23rd of November 2006. The German research vessel is now sailing to Neumayer …
The IPF representatives joined the Belgian Delegation to the UNFCCC COP12/MOP2 for dinner at the Belgian Embassy, on invitation from the Ambassador Mme Cristina Funes-Noppen. Among those present were …
The High Level segment of the COP12/MOP2 continued into the afternoon and evening of the 15th with the statements of the national delegations. The overall tone of the statements …
Today, 15th November 2006, saw the start of the High Level Sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate …
On 25 October, the British Antarctic Survey, the Royal Society and the UK IPY committee organized a workshop to spearhead UK based communication and outreach planning for the International Polar Year. …
A chance encounter with a wayward seal, lost in Antarctica's Dry Valleys, by a team of Antarctic researchers has led to an engaging children's book by a University …
Early this year BE-POLES launched the "Belgian Polar Platform". This website acts as a major step towards improved coordination within the Belgian Polar Science Community and serves as a communication …
BE-POLES is running into its final phase. This project, which brings polar scientists together, has proved to be successful, judging by 2006's many activities. The International Polar Foundation was actively …
The International Polar Foundation, through its SciencePoles website, has collaborated with GreenFacts to a summary of the landmark ACIA report commissioned by the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science …
The IPF was represented by Mark McCaffrey and Jean de Pomereu at the IPY Education & Outreach Subcommittee meeting at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven on 19-21 October 2006.