The Belgian Station project in the press
The Belgian daily paper "Le Soir" dated October 19 published an article about the BELARE 2005 Logistics Survey Expedition and the tests (wind tunnel & snow drifting) realised by the Von Karman …
News Archive
Want to learn more about the work of the International Polar Foundation over the years? Begin your research here, in our news archive.
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Redesign and Relaunch of the Educapoles website
The IT team of the International Polar Foundation is proud to announce that EducaPoles, IPF's educational website, has been redesigned and relaunched. It sets out to sensitize young people and …
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BE-POLES cluster provides travel scholarships: first call is open
The BE-POLES fellowships are intended to allow young researchers to undertake short term visits to major international laboratories or field facilities, so as to become acquainted with recent advances in …
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The Belgian Solar Team finishes the World Solar Challenge in 12th position
For the first time in the history of the World Solar Challenge, a Belgian team completed the race and arrived in Adelaide, Australia after 3021 kilometres. The Umicore team arrived in 1 …
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IPF participates in the “Environment and Sustainable Development Day” in Nice
This one day event was organised for the 8th consecutive year by the University of Nice Sophia Antiopolis. This year, the "Journée de l'Environnement et du Dé …
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The Georges Lemaître Prize 2005 awarded to Professor Edouard Bard
The Georges Lemaître Prize 2005 has been awarded to Professor Edouard Bard, Professor at the Collège de France for his major contribution to the reconstruction of ancient …
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IPF in running for the Descartes prize for European science communication
The IPF is being considered for the prestigious Descartes prize for European science communication. The IPF was nominated for its work in creating innovative interactive animations on the polar regions …
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Special editon of “Environment for Europeans” Magazine
IPF actively participated in the latest Green Week and is prominently featured in this supplement to the September issue (issue 21) of DG Environment's bimonthly magazine. This publication can be …
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The European Mobility Week: opening conference in London
Jean de Pommereu of IPF UK attended the opening conference of the European Mobility Week. The Polar Regions may be far from the minds of CO2 emitting motorists stuck in …
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IPF-UK’s newly appointed UK based trustees
The IPF-UK's newly appointed UK based trustees had their first meeting with Jean de Pomereu, Managing Director on Thursday 8th of September. The newly appointed trustees are Meredith Hooper, Stephen …