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2025

Part IV: Assembling the AWS

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2025

Part IV: Assembling the AWS

Putting the weather station together and verifying each component before final installation.

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2025

Part IV: Assembling the AWS

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2025

Part IV: Assembling the AWS

Putting the weather station together and verifying each component before final installation.

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2025

Part III: Transporting the Station

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2025

Part III: Transporting the Station

Carrying station components up the hill to the installation site under challenging conditions.

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2025

Part III: Transporting the Station

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2025

Part III: Transporting the Station

Carrying station components up the hill to the installation site under challenging conditions.

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2025

Part II: Anchoring into Solid Rock

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2025

Part II: Anchoring into Solid Rock

Drilling into the rock to secure the station with steel guide wires for long-term stability.

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2025

Part II: Anchoring into Solid Rock

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2025

Part II: Anchoring into Solid Rock

Drilling into the rock to secure the station with steel guide wires for long-term stability.

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2025

Part I: Testing the new AWS

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2025

Part I: Testing the new AWS

Final system checks confirm that all sensors and data transmission are working as intended.

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2025

Part I: Testing the new AWS

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2025

Part I: Testing the new AWS

Final system checks confirm that all sensors and data transmission are working as intended.

Logistics & Infrastructure for BELARE

2025

Removing the Old Solar Panels

Logistics & Infrastructure for BELARE

2025

Removing the Old Solar Panels

The solar thermal panels that have heated water at Princess Elisabeth Station since 2009 are carefully removed, making way for the new units shipped for this season.

Nico Herinckx presents at Agata School in Brussels

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica’s Head Engineer Talks to High Schoolers about His Job in Antarctica

Earlier this week, Head Engineer at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Nicolas “Nico” Herinckx paid a visit to Anges School in Brussels to talk about his work in Antarctica and inspire students to learn about STEM subjects.

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Sir Phlippe Samyn speaks at the Antarctic Futures Symposium in Luxembourg 23 April 2026

Philippe Samyn - Designer Extraordinaire - 1948-2026

IPF mourns the loss of a gifted architect, close friend and collaborator.

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LTAFA Composite winners 2022-25

Fifth Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award Call for Applications Opens

The International Polar Foundation and the Trân Family Foundation are thrilled to announce that the fifth call for submissions for the annual Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award has officially opened. The winner will be announced at this year's Arctic Futures Symposium in Brussels the first week of December.

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Henri Robert from IPF at the St George's International School's Ocean Symposium

International Polar Foundation Takes Part in Ocean Symposium organised by St George’s International School in Luxembourg

On May 8th, the International Polar Foundation took part in an Ocean Symposium organised by St George’s International School in Luxembourg in honour of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, bringing together more than 240 students to take part in a vibrant event for environmental learning, activism and creativity.

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Jason Hatton from ESA presents during the Antarctic Futures Sympsoium

Antarctic Futures Symposium Draws Strong Interest and Marks Major Success

The first Antarctic Futures Symposium, held on April 23–24 at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, proved to be a major success.

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Antarctic Futures Symposium Starts today in Luxembourg!

The first ever Antarctic Futures Symposium is happening on Thursday and Friday this week at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in the Kirchberg district of Luxembourg City. A screening of the documentary 2050 on Friday evening at Kinepolis Kirchberg to close out the event.

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Live from Antarctica 2.0

Video of Live from Antarctica 2.0 Now Available

Back in January, the International Polar Foundation teamed up with the SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education at the University of Colorado Boulder to co-host “Live from Antarctica 2.0” direct from the Princess Elisabeth Station. The entire recording of the event is now available to watch online.

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Vesthaugen Nunatak

“22nd Century” Polar Research Station Will Be Focus of First Antarctic Futures Symposium in Luxembourg

The International Polar Foundation (IPF), the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and the House of Sustainability at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce will convene the first Antarctic Futures Symposium on April 23rd - 24th, 2026 at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. It will mark a significant milestone in the development of the IPF’s next ambitious flagship initiative: the establishment of the Andromeda Earth Observatory in East Antarctica.

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2050 series lead

Bargoens’ Documentary 2050 to be shown on Belgian Broadcaster VRT in Extended Five-Part Series

Starting on Monday, March 23rd, viewers can watch an extended five-part television version of the Bargones documentary, 2050.

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BELARE 2025-26 team defoe leaving PEA

Now that the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica has been closed for the season and the remaining members of the BELARE team have arrived in Cape Town, the 2025-26 season has officially come to an end.

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