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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2016 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Lori Ziolkowski
Brussels, Belgium, 9 December 2016 – A Canadian researcher, Dr. Lori Ziolkowski, has been awarded the prestigious €150,000 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship for her proposal to study radiocarbon estimates of microbial activity …
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The International Polar Foundations responds to the latest accusations in the press
The International Polar Foundation responds to the latest allegations against it and clarifies misconceptions about its activities related to the flagship project of the Foundation for Belgium on the international …
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AWI scientists at Princess Elisabeth station in Antarctica discover possible meteorite impact site
During their stay at Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth station in East Antarctica, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany have …