Arctic Futures Symposium 12th Edition: Meeting our Challenges!
We’re delighted to announce that following last year’s online event, this year’s symposium will be held as a hybrid event that will allow …
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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Welcome to Antarctica!
The 2021-2022 season has begun for the Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) team at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station!
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A Greenland Summer: An Account of the Expedition to Dismantle Swiss Camp in July 2021
On the 19th of July 2021, Alain Hubert and Nighat Johnson-Amin of the International Polar Foundation flew to Ilulissat on the west coast of Greenland to assist Simon …
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Study on Icequakes near PEA Highlights Utility of Low-Cost Seismographs
The most recent Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship laureate, Dr. Kate Winter of Northumbria University, along with Dr. Denis Lombardi from the Royal Observatory of Belgium and other colleagues from Newcastle …
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Steven Goderis on the Geological History Micrometeorites Can Reveal
An expert in micrometeorites at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) who won the 2010-2012 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship, Dr. Steven Goderis has spent several seasons using the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica …
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Guus Luppens on Increasing PEA’s Energy Production Capacity
Guus Luppens, an electromechanical engineer who first travelled to Antarctica during the 2018-2019 research season, was tasked with handling a number of maintenance tasks for Princess Elisabeth Antarctica’s …
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Season in Antarctica Progressing Smoothly
The 2020-2021 season at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica has been progressing smoothly for the BELARE team, despite the challenges the team has faced due to the COVID-19 situation. After completing 24 …
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11th Arctic Futures Symposium an Online Success
While the COVID-19 pandemic kept the symposium from taking place phsycially in Brussels, the 11th annual Arctic Futures Symposium managed to be a highly successful online event.
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Arctic Futures Symposium 11th Edition Is Approaching!
After many interesting editions over the last decade, it is with extreme pleasure that the International Polar Foundation and its many partners from the Arctic community wish to invite …
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Hendrik Huwald Discusses Swiss Research Projects at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica
Hendrik Huwald is a scientist at the Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences (CRYOS) and a lecturer at the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Section at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in …