New Executive Director at IPF
Thierry Touchais has joined the International Polar Foundation in the newly created role of Executive Director. He is a graduate engineer from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon and the University …
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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The IPF collaborates with l’Echo for a series of articles on sustainable development
The Belgian economical newspaper l'Echo offered the International Polar Foundation to participate to its new weekly section dedicated to "entreprises and sustainable development" called "Entreprendre - demain".
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Johan Berte visits the Institut Paul Emile Victor (IPEV)
While the base's conceptual design moves on IPF proceeds with visiting a number of Polar institutes. IPEV, the French institute, was intersting to visit because it has a long history …
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BE-POLES at the annual assembly of scientific teachers
IPF and the Renard Centre of Marine Geology of Ghent University presented the two BE-POLES contests for secondary school teachers at the "Congrés des sciences". On their stand …
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IPF collaborates with the Belgium-Japan Association and Chamber of Commerce (BJA)
Following the Belgian Economic Mission to Japan, the International Polar Foundation was asked by the Belgium-Japan Association and Chamber of Commerce to write a short article about Belgo-Japanese collaboration in …
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A survey on climate change and mountains ranges in collaboration with ONERC
The International Polar Foundation is collaborating with the French "Observatoire National sur les Effets du Réchauffement Climatique" (ONERC) on a survey regarding the impact of climate and climate …
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The IPF attended the Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II)
The IPF attended the Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II) that was held in Copenhagen Denmark from the 10th to the 12th of December. Crown Prince Frederik …
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Collaboration with the Institut des Hautes Etudes en Communication Sociale (IHECS, Brussels)
A 12' video film on the future Antarctic Station commissioned from the IPF by the Belgian Federal Government, will be produced by IHECS. Another team will produce a Flash Animation …
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Belgian Antarctic Station: the second phase in the testing campaign has started
After the preliminary wind tunnel testing in July 2005, validating the snow accumulation simulation method, the second phase in the testing campaign has started. During this phase the wind conditions at …
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Visit of the “Paleosite” by the PCCO museologic team
After our June trip to the "Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie" of La Villette for the "Climax" exhibition and a meeting with its director, the museologic team of …