Press Releases
View the full archive of International Polar Foundation press releases published since the organisation's founding in 2002.
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Alain Hubert to Receive Prestigious 2023 Belgica Medal
The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (Classe des Sciences) has announced that it has selected Alain Hubert, Founder and President of the International Polar …
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Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station Remains Icon of Sustainability
Brussels, May 30 2022 – After 15 years, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - the first ever zero emission polar research station - remains the global benchmark in reducing the environmental footprint of conducting …
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Alain Hubert receives Royal Geographical Society honour in London
Alain Hubert received the Royal Geographical Society’s Geographical Award 2015 in recognition of his many efforts to raise awareness about polar research in Antarctica on 1st June in London.
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Arctic Futures Symposium “The Arctic, its peoples, and its economies”
The International Polar Foundation and its partners have successfully organised the fifth Arctic Futures Symposium on October 14-15 in the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium. The symposium focused on economic …
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The InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship Award Granted to Researcher Jan Lenaerts
Brussels, Belgium, September 17th, 2014 – A young Belgian researcher, Jan Lenaerts was this afternoon presented with the prestigious €150,000 InBev-Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship, by Jean-Jacques Derwael, a renowned geodetic surveyor, …