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This year symposium's successful hybrid format allowed many people from around the world to engage in interesting discussions both online and in-person.

The gorgeous weather we had these past few weeks finally came to an end. For two days we we visited by a mighty snowstorm. The storm left us with a lot of work to remove snow from the terrace and grooming it. In addition to dealing with routine things like snow removal, we've been up to much more exciting things.

We’re delighted to announce that following last year’s online event, this year’s symposium will be held as a hybrid event that will allow us to meet both digitally and in person in Brussels on December 6th and 7th!

We are all settling in nicely to life at the station as we work hard to make sure everything is in order for the arrival of the first group of scientists in a few weeks’ time. We’ve been lucky to have gorgeous weather these last few weeks. It has allowed us to make a lot of progress.

The 2021-2022 season has begun for the Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) team at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station!

The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station (PEA) is up and running for the 2021-2022 season! 

Thanks to the financial support of the Québec Government Office in Brussels, IPF has released a new animated videos created with the help of Zest Studio in La Hulpe, Belgium, focusing on biodiversity - just in time for COP26!

The International Polar Foundation mourns the passing of one of the giants of polar research.

On the 19th of July 2021, Alain Hubert and Nighat Johnson-Amin of the International Polar Foundation flew to Ilulissat on the west coast of Greenland to assist Simon Steffen and Derek Houtz of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Zürich in their mission to remove the remains of the Swiss Camp research station from its location on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

On Tuesday, July 13th, Mychael Arafe and Roman Petibon, two climate activists in their early 20s who founded the Paulette Ride for the Planet project, visited IPF headquarters to interview IPF Founder Alain Hubert and Science Liaison Officer Henri Robert for a documentary they are making about the green transition.