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Containing Greens AB from Northern Sweden Winner of First Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:12:00 +0100

Brussels, 29 November 2022 - The International Polar Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the first-ever Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award: Containing Greens AB, a startup created by young entrepreneurs based in Luleå, Sweden.

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station Remains Icon of Sustainability

Mon, 30 May 2022 10:36:00 +0200

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 polar research and supporting scientists in their research about Earth and its climate system.

Former EU Arctic Ambassador Marie-Anne Coninsx Joins IPF Board of Directors

Tue, 03 May 2022 11:55:00 +0200

Brussels, May 3rd, 2022 - Marie-Anne Coninsx, the EU’s first Ambassador at Large for the Arctic, has joined the Board of Directors of the International Polar Foundation (IPF).

FACTS RELATED TO THE COVID VIRUS AT PRINCESS ELISABETH ANTARCTICA STATION

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:51:00 +0100

The International Polar Foundation (IPF) confirms that despite all sanitary measures taken staff members at the Princess Elisabeth Station were infected by the COVID virus in December 2021. The IPF would like to stress that while the COVID outbreak at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station is a situation that it is taking very seriously and monitoring very closely by our medical staff, life and work at the station has not been seriously affected by the outbreak.

The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station Tests the “Venturi Antarctica”

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0100

Brussels, 17 December 2021 – The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station is welcoming the team from Venturi and the new Venturi Antartica, the first electric vehicle designed to be used in polar environments. Since 10 December this year, teams at the Belgian zero-emission base have had access to an eco-friendly mode of transport for their scientific missions. This is a world first: never before has an electric vehicle with caterpillar tracks operated on the hostile White Continent.

Belgian Court Dismisses Charges against Alain Hubert and the International Polar Foundation

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:00:00 +0100

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The International Polar Foundation Remembers Longtime Friend Philippe Bodson

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:38:00 +0200

The International Polar Foundation is saddened to hear about the passing of its longtime friend Philippe Bodson on 4 April 2020 due to complications related to COVID-19.

Mission Accomplished for Belgian Glaciologists at Princess Elisabeth Station

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 10:00:00 +0100

As the 10-year anniversary of the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station approaches on 15 February, the Mass2Ant research project, managed by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), is also celebrating its return from a successful research season in Antarctica led by the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels - ULB). The team succeeded in drilling an ice core up to 260 metres deep (a record for their project in one season) from a new ice rise along the coast of East Antarctica, allowing them to collect an unprecedented amount of data from a remote and not widely studied region of the continent.

2018 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Kate Winter, Northumbria University

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:24:00 +0200

Brussels, Belgium – Dr. Kate Winter of Northumbria University, has been awarded the prestigious €150,000 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship for her proposal “BioFe in Glacial Systems”.

2018 BAILLET LATOUR ANTARCTICA FELLOWSHIP AWARD LAUNCH

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:10:00 +0100

The Baillet Latour Fund, in partnership with the International Polar Foundation, would like to announce the opening of the 2018 Call for Proposals for the Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship Award. This grant, worth €150,000, offers an exceptional opportunity for a young scientist from any country in the world to carry out research at or in the vicinity of Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station.