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Nander Wever (currently at the University of Colorado at Boulder) took video of researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) involved in the MASS2ANT project on their mission to extract ice cores during the 2018-2019 Belgian Antarctic Research Expedition (BELARE). Watch the scientists and logistical support staff from the International Polar Foundation as they arrive at the drilling site at the coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica, set up camp, and extract some ice cores.Music: Scherzo n°1, Frédéric Chopin

Deze film werd door leerlingen van Sint-Pieterscollege in Jette gemaakt voor de Polar Quest wedstrijd georganiseerd door de International Polar Foundation. Het toont de ideeën van de deelnemende klasse om energie beheer in de school te verbeteren. http://www.educapoles.org/nl/projects...

On se rappellera que l’année dernière, l’IPF a été illégalement « interdit de séjour » en Antarctique, au profit de l’armée et d’une équipe désignée par Elke Sleurs. Pour cette saison 2016-2017 et après avoir été confirmé seul opérateur de la station par le Conseil d'Etat, la Fondation polaire internationale et Alain sont de retour sur les lieux avec leur équipe. L’objectif? Poursuivre les travaux … et réparer les dégâts causés par les précédents occupants. Petit tour de piste du travail accompli et en cours, en vidéo.

What is permafrost? What happens when permafrost thaws? This animation answers these questions. Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute conduct annual expeditions to the polar regions in order to understand the diverse processes in the permafrost an to precisely assess the impacts of it´s degradation. Copyright: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lars Grübner http://www.awi.de/en.html http://www.awi.de/en/focus/permafrost... This animation was created in cooperation with the agency eventfive GmbH, Bremen. http://www.eventfive.de #AlfredWegenerInstitut #AWIresearch #PermafrostimWandelWhat is permafrost? What happens when permafrost thaws? This animation answers these questions. Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute conduct annual expeditions to the polar regions in order to understand the diverse processes in the permafrost an to precisely assess the impacts of it´s degradation. Copyright: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lars Grübner http://www.awi.de/en.html http://www.awi.de/en/focus/permafrost... This animation was created in cooperation with the agency eventfive GmbH, Bremen. http://www.eventfive.de #AlfredWegenerInstitut #AWIresearch #PermafrostimWandelWhat is permafrost? What happens when permafrost thaws? This animation answers these questions. Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute conduct annual expeditions to the polar regions in order to understand the diverse processes in the permafrost an to precisely assess the impacts of it´s degradation. Copyright: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lars Grübner http://www.awi.de/en.html http://www.awi.de/en/focus/permafrost... This animation was created in cooperation with the agency eventfive GmbH, Bremen. http://www.eventfive.de #AlfredWegenerInstitut #AWIresearch #PermafrostimWandelWhat is permafrost? What happens when permafrost thaws? This animation answers these questions. Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute conduct annual expeditions to the polar regions in order to understand the diverse processes in the permafrost an to precisely assess the impacts of it´s degradation. Copyright: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lars Grübner http://www.awi.de/en.html http://www.awi.de/en/focus/permafrost... This animation was created in cooperation with the agency eventfive GmbH, Bremen. http://www.eventfive.de #AlfredWegenerInstitut #AWIresearch #PermafrostimWandel

L'IPF explique les implications de l'arrêt de la Cour d'appel de Bruxelles du 17 décembre 2015.

Following a brief welcome from the Norwegian Ambassador to the EU, Oda Helen Stelnes, the wrap-up session for the 6th Arctic Futures Symposium got underway. Moderated by Kamil Jagodziński from the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, a panel consisting of Senior Arctic Officials and a representative from the Arctic Economic Council discussed three questions:1) Based on the example of your country, what best practices or mechanisms of sustainable economic growth can you share with us today?2) What is your reflection on the role of both the Arctic Council and the Arctic Economic Council in developing economy of the Arctic region?3) As the European Union is about to publish a third communication on the Arctic and since the EU is bound up with Arctic affairs already, what policy initiatives for the EU’s further engagement with the region would be beneficial for the future cooperation between the EU and the Arctic Council?Participants in the panel included:- Else Berit Eikeland (Norway's Polar Ambassador and Senior Arctic Official)- Árni Þór Sigurðsson (Icelandic Ambassador to the Arctic Council)- Susan Harper (Director-General and Senior Arctic Official at Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada)- Aleksi Härkönen (Ambassador of Arctic Affairs for Finland)- Andrés Jato (Ambassador to the Arctic for Sweden)- Tara MacLean Sweeney (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Executive Vice President of External Affairs; Chair, Arctic Economic Council)The session was held in the late afternoon of Wednesday 18 November at Norway House, a conference space at the Norwegian Mission to the EU in Brussels.

The 6th edition of the annual Arctic Futures Symposium, which focused on regional development in different parts of the Arctic, opened with a series of VIP keynote speeches. The speakers were:- Sir Andrew Burns KCMG (Chairman of Board of Trustees of IPF-UK and former British High Commissioner to Canada) welcomed participants to the symposium.-Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President of the European Commission Responsible for Jobs, Growth, Investment, and Competitiveness) discussed the EU's connection to the Arctic and the EU Arctic Strategy to be released in 2016.-Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG (Ret.) (US Special Representative for the Arctic) discussed via video the priories of the US Arctic Council Chairmanship (2015-17).Following these keynote speeches, a panel discussion led by Dr. Kathrin Keil (Project Scientist at IASS Potsdam and European Director of the Arctic Institute) looked at aspects of business development in the Arctic vis-à-vis local Arctic communities. The panelists included:- Eirik Sivertsen (Member of the Norwegian Parliament and First Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communication)- Knut Harald Nygård (Vice President of Statoil's Northern Area Initiative)- Matthew King (Head of Unit at the EU's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)- Tara MacLean Sweeney (Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Executive Vice President of External Affairs and Chair of the Arctic Economic Council)The session took place in the early morning of Tuesday 17 November 2015 at the Residence Palace in Brussels.