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People from all around the world came to join the annual Arctic Futures Symposium in Brussels for its 13th edition on November 29th - 30th.

After the lead team’s successful preparations to start up all of the station’s systems, the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica is now in full swing and ready to welcome more scientists in the coming week.

Following a smooth departure from Cape Town, the lead team for the 2022-23 austral summer research season arrived without incident at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica on the evening of Thursday, November 24th.

The mission of the lead team is starting up all of the station’s systems, including its renewable energy production and water production systems, clearing snow that accumulated around the station during the austral winter, restarting the station's water treatment unit and setting up scientific equipment for scientists who are working remotely in their office in Belgium - with constant access to data being gathered at the station.

The 13th edition of the Arctic Futures Symposium is rapidly approaching!

​The fourth edition of the Arctic Shorts Film Evening, which took place the evening of November 8th at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, was again a big success.

Following the great success of previous editions, the International Polar Foundation is happy to announce that the fourth edition of Arctic Shorts Film Evening is returning to the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts!

On Wednesday, October 19th, more than 500 students and space professionals gathered in Brussels for the third edition of Switch To Space, Belgium’s largest biannual space technology gathering.

On October 5th, the Reine Paola Foundation, in collaboration with the Dirk Frimout Foundation, awarded its Terre d’Avenir Prize at the Belgian Royal Palace.

This past Sunday, October 2nd, President and Founder of the International Polar Foundation Alain Hubert took part in the “Live Magazine for kids 2022” event organised by Live Magazine and hosted by the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels

On Wednesday, September 14th, Alain Hubert, President and Founder of the International Polar Foundation, joined the first event of the “Frites & Sciences” series.