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Drone footage of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica as the BELARE team arrives to open the station on November 6th, 2023

The International Polar Foundation had a very strong presence at the 10th edition of the annual Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland last week. Representatives from IPF managed a booth and participated in a number of panel discussions during the three days of the popular annual conference.

During the austral summer, the sun never sets at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. Here you can see the sun turn around the sky over five days, never setting.

A strong storm comes to the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica in December 2022.

ARCTIC INNOVATION INTRODUCTIONS: Nicolas van Hoecke (Managing Director, The International Polar Foundation) MODERATOR: Mads Qvist Frederiksen (Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council) SPEAKERS: Moa Johansson (CEO, Containing Greens AB) Séverin Schnepp (Head of Brussels Office, European Affairs Manager (EU & NATO), Terma A/S) Tórheðin J. Jensen (Chair, Faroese Council for Research, Development, and Innovation) Line Kjelsrup (Cluster Manager, Biotech North) Egill Þór Níelsson (Senior Adviser, Research and Innovation Division, RANNIS) CLOSING REMARKS Mike Sfraga (Chair, U. S. Arctic Research Commission)

THE ARCTIC: AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK INTRODUCTIONS: Nicolas van Hoecke (Managing Director, The International Polar Foundation) MODERATOR: Patti Bruns (Secretary-General, Arctic Mayors Forum) SPEAKERS: Pita Aatami (President, Makivik Corporation) Frida Fossland (Region Västerbotten and the North Sweden Green Deal Project) Torbjørn Aag (Project Manager, Kunnskapsparken Helgeland, Nordland County) Anja Márjá Nystø Keskitalo (Advisor, EU Unit, Saami Council) Forest Banks (Project Development Manager, Battelle) Krista Perälä (Chair, Executive Board of the Student Union, University of Lapland; Member, Arctic Five Student Team)

ARCTIC ENERGY AND RESOURCE SECURITY INTRODUCTIONS: Nicolas van Hoecke (Managing Director, The International Polar Foundation) MODERATOR: Greg Poelzer (Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan) SPEAKERS: Rasmus Wendt (Head of Division, Ministry for Agriculture, Self-Sufficiency, Energy and Environment, Greenland) Kristín Linda Árnadóttir (Deputy CEO, Landsvirkjun) Hákun Djurhuus (CEO, SEV) Kjell Giæver (General Manager, Arctic Energy Partners; Chairman, North Norway Energy Cluster) Martin Phillips (CEO, Talga Europe) Willfred Nordlund (Vice-Chair, Arctic Delegation, Norwegian Parliament)

LAURENCE TRAN ARCTIC FUTURES AWARD GIVING OUT THE AWARD: Nicolas van Hoecke (Managing Director, The International Polar Foundation) Mads Qvist Frederiksen (Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council) WINNER: Containing Greens AB (Sweden) RECEIVING THE AWARD: Moa Johansson (CEO, Containing Greens AB) HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Siu-Tsiu (Greenland) Lofoten Seaweed (Norway)

ARCTIC RESEARCH COOPERATION IN THE CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION... AND BEYOND INTRODUCTIONS: Nicolas van Hoecke (Managing Director, The International Polar Foundation) MODERATOR: Johanna Ikävalko (Director, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland) SPEAKERS: Rasmus Leander Nielsen (Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Science, Economics and Journalism, Ilisimatusarfik) Nicole Biebow (Project Manager, EU PolarNet, Alfred Wegener Institute) Peter Sköld (Professor of History, Sami Culture, and Society Development at Umeå University) Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen (Professor, Aleksanteri Institute - Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies) Mike Sfraga (Chair, U. S. Arctic Research Commission) Karen van Loon (Junior Researcher - European Programme, Egmont – Royal Institute for International Relations) Ana-Maria Stan (Policy Officer - Healthy Oceans and Seas/Polar Research, DG RTD)