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2020

BELARE 2020-21 Team in Cape Town ready to leave

BELARE Team in Cape Town

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2020

BELARE 2020-21 Team in Cape Town ready to leave

The BELARE Team poses for a photo in Cape Town prior to departure for Antarctica. The entire team quarantined in Cape Town and took three COVID tests over a period of three weeks - all of which came back negative - before embarkin...

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Inauguration of the new hydrogen production facility at PEA

Forward-Looking Infrastructure Projects at PEA Show Just How Innovative the IPF Team Can Be

While the scientists and all of the IPF staff who support their work in the field concentrate on doing the best science possible, the team of engineers, technicians, and mechanics are also hard at work on a number of new projects.

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Planes at the PEA runway

Field Campaigns Continue as More Scientists and Crew Arrive

Scientific field campaigns continued in earnest this past week as more scientists and crew arrived at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.

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Testing radar

A Strong Start for Science This Season

Field expeditions for the FROID and ULTIMO projects are off to a strong start, with other scientific projects stopping by the station this week.

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LTAFA 2024 award ceremony Siu-Tsiu winner

Third Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award Goes to Greenlandic Social Enterprise Supporting Youth

On December 3rd, on the second day of the annual Arctic Futures Symposium, the International Polar Foundation (IPF) and the Trân Family handed out the third Laurence Trân Arctic Futures Award to Siu-Tsiu, a non-profit social enterprise based in Greenland that employs and upskills marginalised young people to help them find work, pursue further education, give them a sense of community and give them a sense of purpose in life.

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Arnoux Beaked Whale in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.

IPF Team Sights Rare Arnoux Beaked Whales While on Mission at the Coast

The Unicorn of the Ocean, Arnoux Beaked Whales spotted by 2 members of our team.

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AFS 2024 banner better

Arctic Futures Symposium and Many Side Events Coming to Brussels Next Week!

From December 2nd until December 4th, the International Polar Foundation and its many Arctic stakeholder partners will host the 15th annual Arctic Futures Symposium at the Residence Palace in Brussels’ EU Quarter, along with several interesting Arctic side events at other locations.

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Scientists from the VUB and ULB collecting meteorites in the field

VUB and ULB Mission to Antarctica: Unveiling the Secrets of Climate History and the Solar System

The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in collaboration with the International Polar Foundation (IPF), are launching two ambitious scientific expeditions to Antarctica. Their mission: to gain new insights into Earth’s climate history and the evolution of our solar system by studying ancient ice layers and meteorites.

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The Princess Elisabeth Antarctica a few days after opening for 2024-2025 BELARE campaign.

The 2024-2025 BELgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) has officially begun with opening team hard at work!

The first 14 members of the BELgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE) are off to a strong start opening and preparing the station for the arrival of scientists in the coming days. 

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Part of the contemporary portion of the MAS exhbition 'To the Antarctic'.

"To the Antarctic" Exhibition at MAS Closes but Leaves Behind Great Memories and Many Successes

The MAS exhibition 'To the Antarctic' welcomed more than 45,00 visitors over the 4.5 months that it was open to the public. 

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Aymar de Lichtervelde presenting about the water treatment system at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica zero-emission polar research station

Another Successful Trip to the Arctic Circle Assembly

The International Polar Foundation was again present and active at the annual Arctic Circle Assembly and accompanying Arctic Circle Business Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland from October 17th-19th.

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