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Arctic Futures Symposium 2020 Tuesday 2 December (Day 3, Part 1) AFS Panel Discussion n°8: A Uniquely Arctic Entrepreneurship and Investment Culture This panel discusses how to foster entrepreneurship in small Arctic communities - including using traditional knowledge and climate research as a source of entrepreneurship - as well as encouraging investment in the Arctic. Moderator: - Doris Carson (PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Umeå University) Speakers: - Trevor Bell (Geographer and University Research Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Founder and Director of SmartICE) - Emil Skjervedal (Head of Business Department, Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq) - Christian Vintergaard (CEO, Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship) - Tor Erik Somby (Co-founder, Tundra Drone AS)

Arctic Futures Symposium 2020 Tuesday 1 December (Day 2, Part 3) AFS Panel Discussion n°7: Resilience through Empowerment This panel looks at how to empower Arctic residents, in particular women and indigenous peoples. Moderator: - Embla Eir Oddsdóttir (Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN); Chair, SDWG) Speakers: - Crystal Martin Lapenskie (President of National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC)) Vilena Valeeva (Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies) - Isak Utsi (Mayor of Arjeplog, Sweden) - Marya Rozanova Smith (Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University (GWU) and Advisor to the Chancellor at the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)) - Andrey Petrov (Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa)

Arctic Futures Symposium 2020 Tuesday 1 December (Day 2, Part 2) AFS Panel Discussion n°6: Pollution, Climate Change and Biodiversity: Challenges and Solutions This session looks at marine pollution, threats to biodiversity, climate change and how they affect community security in the Arctic. It also proposes solutions to these challenges. Moderator: - Philippe Archambault (Scientific Director, Arctic Net; Professor of Marine Biology, Université Laval) Speakers: - Kjersti Tønnessen Busch (CEO, SALT Lofoten AS) - Lisanne Raderschall (Policy Analyst, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD) - Andres Sanabria (Policy Analyst, Economist, Regional and Rural Development, OECD) - Hjálmar Hátun (Senior Research Scientist at the Faroe Marine Research Institute and Lecturer at the University of the Faroe Islands) - Ellen Avard (Director, Nunavik Research Center)

Arctic Futures Symposium 2020 Tuesday 1 December (Day 2, Part 1) AFS Panel Discussion n°5: Arctic Community Needs and Preparedness This panel looks at the challenges Arctic communities face, and how to make these communities better prepared to face challenges and promote the well-being of its inhabitants. Moderator: - Arne Holm (Editor in Chief, High North News at the High North Center, Nord University) Speakers: - Pál Weihe (Director of the Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, Faroe Islands) - Kristen Tanche (Regional Health & Wellness Coordinator, Dehcho First Nations, Alumni of the Jane Glassco Northern Fellowship Program) - Julie Rademacher (Head of Communication, Tele Post)

In January and February 2020, the BELARE team finished dismantling the old garage and completed construction on a new and improved garage that can be adjusted as the ice below it shfits and recedes. We've compiled a time-lapse video of the construction of the new garage using photos taken by a web cam on the top of the tower of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. Video: @ International Polar Foundation Music: @ Ouverture to the Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

During the 2019-2020 austral summer research season, the BELARE team undertook several traverses from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) Station to the coast of the Dronning Maud Land to pick up supplies and materials delivered by cargo ship. In this video, you can see many of the beautiful Antarctic landscapes they saw along the way and get a sense of the adventure they felt! The traverses cross more than 200 km of vast, frozen landscapes and take between 22 and 25 hours each way. Video: @ International Polar Foundation Music: @ Sanctum - Shades of the Abyss

This time lapse video of the construction of the Princes Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station's new and improved garage (which can pivot and be raised as the ice beneath it retreats and shifts over time) has been compiled from hundreds of photos taken by a webcam on top of the station's tower.

During the 2019-2020 austral summer research season, several traverses were undertaken to the coast to pick up supplies and materials delivered by cargo ship. You can see many of the beautiful landscapes they encountered along the way.

For the first time in Antarctica, a long range wireless link has been established. And it runs on renewable energy.To improve communications, reduce costs, and ensure the safety of flights landing and departing from the Perseus Intercontinental Airstrip with the DROMLAN logistics network, members of the IPF team installed a communication relay atop Vesthaugen Nunatak, located about halfway in between the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station and the new airstrip.This new relay creates a wireless extension of the network at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica out to Perseus Airstrip, making communication via Internet from the remote airstrip possible.It sits on the summit of Vesthaugen Nunatak, 31.5 km north of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica and 27.5 km south of Perseus Airstrip. The top of the nunatak is at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level, which allows it to have a clear line of sight between the station, which sits at a higher elevation of 1365 meters above sea level, and the airstrip, which is located at only 794 meters above sea level.