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The first 13 members of the 2026-2027 BELARE team have arrived in Antarctica, and are currently settling in at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station! 
The 2026–2027 Antarctic season is officially underway! The first 13 team members have safely arrived at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, where they are now settling in and preparing for the months ahead.
 

Registration are now open for the 17th edition of the Arctic Futures Symposium "A Sustainable, Prosperous, and Resilient Arctic" which will take place on December 1st and 2nd at the EFTA House in Brussels.

On October 13th, the International Polar Foundation's Science Liaison Officer Henri Robert, Managing Director Nicolas Van Hoecke and Intern Céleste Nonnenmacher visited St George’s school in Luxembourg to highlight the importance of polar science in understanding climate change, present IPF's activities in Antarctica and inspire the next generation to take action towards a more sustainable future.

As the Antarctica season draws near, the last preparations are now being done before the first team leaves for Antarctica. On September 28th, IPF staff members Nicolas Herinckx and Henri Robert (Chief Engineer and Science Liaison Officer respectively) visited the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium in preparation for this year's mission.

On September 22nd, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, hosted the opening ceremony of its exhibition “Inhabiting the Extreme: An Architectural Biography of Antarctica.” Running from September 23rd to October 18th the exhibition is part of the 20th edition of the Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture. 

IPF's automatic weather station specialist Simon Steffen explains the legacy of Swiss Camp, which his father Dr. Konrad "Koni" Steffen established on the Greenland Ice Sheet in 1990, and his journey there this past summer to finish cleaning up the site.

Last week IPF Science Liaison Officer Henri Robert attended the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference in Oslo, Norway to give a poster presentation of the Andromeda Earth Observatory project and connect with the Antarctic scientific community.

The International Polar Foundation (IPF) was delighted to participate in Les Journées de la Terre, a three-day educational event held at l'École Sainte-Sophie in Luxembourg and organised by David Degouis.

The dates of the 17th annual Arctic Futures Symposium have been confirmed.

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.