Press Releases

View the full archive of International Polar Foundation press releases published since the organisation's founding in 2002.

  • Arctic Challenges Debate set for Brussels

    Brussels, September 3rd 2012 – The challenges facing the Arctic during a time of change and global warming uncertainty will be the subject of frank and lively debate between policymakers, Ambassadors …

  • Belgium’s Antarctic adventure continues

    The International Polar Foundation today welcomed the new impetus given to Belgium’s Polar Secretariat by science policy minister Paul Magnette [1] for research at Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica.

  • Report: Arctic Search and Rescue, Environmental Measures Key to Region’s Future

    The need for enhanced Arctic search and rescue (SAR) capabilities and environmental protection measures are among the main messages of the proceedings of the 2011 Arctic Futures Symposium, which also highlights …

  • Arctic Futures Symposium 2010 - Media Release

    As discussion around the Arctic gains momentum in the EU following the adoption of the European Parliament report "A Sustainable EU Policy for the High North" - the most recent …

  • Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is linked!

    Brussels and Luxembourg – March 5th, 2010 -- The International Polar Foundation (IPF) and global satellite operator SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), today announced that the …