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Annual Reports

The International Polar Foundation’s annual reports provide insight into our work and projects and outline our finances activities.

Structure of Annual
Reports

Opening with a foreword of the chairman of the International Polar Foundation’s board, each annual report presents the year’s main projects, along with a detailed assessment of website performances and online publications.

The reports are completed with a summary of the year’s financial balance. The International Polar Foundation is privately funded, and was recognised by Belgian Royal Statute as a Foundation for the public good in 2002.

The Foundation believes in the importance of being both financially and organisationally transparent.

Please get in touch if you require more detailed information.

Annual
Reports

IPF Annual Report 2023/2024

Annual Report 2023-2024 2023

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2021

Annual Report 2022

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2021

Annual Report 2021

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2020

Annual Report 2020

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2019

Annual Report 2019

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2018

Annual Report 2018

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2017

Annual Report 2017

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2013

Annual Report 2013

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2012

Annual Report 2012

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2011

Annual Report 2011

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2010

Annual Report 2010

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2009

Annual Report 2009

International Polar Foundation Annual Report 2008

Annual Report 2008

Alain in front of PEA - teaser for Cryosphere Pavillion at UNOC3

Alain Hubert to speak at Cryosphere Pavillion in Lead Up to UN Ocean Conference in Nice

On Thursday, June 5th, IPF Founder and President Alain Hubert will give a presentation at the Cryosphere Pavilion in the lead-up to the start of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France.

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LTAFA winners 2022-24

Announcing the 4th Annual Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award Call for Submissions

For the fourth consecutive year, the International Polar Foundation and the Trân Family Foundation are pleased to announce that the call for submissions for the annual Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award has opened.

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Craig Masson at PEA

IPF Mourns the Loss of Nine-Year Veteran of BELARE Missions

It is with great sadness that we must communicate with the BELARE community that one of our team members, Craig Masson, passed away on Friday the 16th of May, following an accident at work.

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Ratnakar Gadi and Eric Rignot from UC Irvine pose with a radar seldge they used to image the King Baudoin Ice Shelf

Eric Rignot: Investigating the Melt of the King Baudouin Ice Shelf

Prof. Eric Rignot from UC Irvine discusses his work following a successful field campaign on the King Baudouin Ice Shelf in East Antarctica during the 2024-25 BELgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE).

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Ratnakar Gadi, a doctoral student in Earth system science, was the first to defend a dissertation at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station

Defending a Doctoral Thesis in Antarctica

 Graduate student Ratnakar Gadi from UC Irvine’s Department of Earth System Science made history by successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation in an extraordinary setting—Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. It was only the second thesis defense ever conducted from Earth’s southernmost continent.

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2050 red carpet premiere 27 February 2025

2050 Makes Big Impression at First Screenings

The soon-to-be-released film 2050 by renowned filmmakers Eric Goens and Kristoff Van Den Bergh financed by Syensqo has been shown in a few locations to much acclaim prior to its official release date of March 5th in cinemas across Belgium.

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Alain in the field

2050: A film by Eric Goens and Kristof Van Den Bergh - Will the world listen before it’s too late?

Wildfires in California, floods in Spain and the Ardennes, Hurricane Hélène leaving a trail of destruction across the United States… The climate record of 2024 is devastating: the hottest year ever recorded, with 219 officially registered weather disasters and thousands of victims.

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Rising station's annexes

Last days at PEA before departure

BELARE 2024-25 is drawing to a close. Preparations are being made to put the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica into winter mode and pack away scientific equipment.

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Drilling a hole in the King Baudoin Ice Shelf to take CDT measurements

Last week for scientists this season

This week the four remaining scientific teams for this season - EXPOSOILS, PASPARTOUT, NISAR, and EPFL-CRYOS - wrapped up their work and started preparing for their flight home, which is scheduled for Friday, February 14th.

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Traverse from Coast February 2025

Difficult Weather Hampers Return from Coast; Scientific Projects Forge Ahead

The cargo ship has been unloaded and the logistics team led by Alain Hubert has been caught in a storm on the way back to PEA. Meanwhile, the scientists continue their field work, which will finish by next week.

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