About
About
Polar.lu asbl, Luxembourg’s polar program, was created following the Polar Year 2007-2008. From Colupo, the Luxembourg Committee for the Polar Year, and APECS Luxembourg in 2014, polar.lu aims to promote polar research and the polar regions among the general public and schools. Polar.lu is a member of the European Polar Board and APECS.
Polar.lu aims to promote the polar regions in Luxembourg, including through:
Polar research.
Networking and national and international collaborations to encourage researchers affiliated with polar.lu to participate in international programs and assist in their planning and execution.
Encourage and support young students and researchers to undertake projects in and / or on the polar regions.
Organization of events: conferences, exhibitions, scientific travels, internships...
Support, organize and undertake Luxembourg polar expeditions.
Make polar cultures and arts known.
Awareness of the general public, teachers, educators, multipliers, and young people on polar scientific research, the environment, sustainable development, polar cultures, impact and relationship between our (modes of) lives and the polar regions.
Conferences on the Lemmings of Grönland, by Dr Sittler (MNHN, Schengen High School)
Workshops and conferences by Prof. Reinhard Pienitz on Polar Diatoms and Pingualuit Research (FNR, LGE, MNHN)
Antarctica Day, Workshops around the polar night and the return of the sun (Script, APECS BeNeLux)
International exhibition tour Nanoq – Imag(in)ing climate change by Ilona Mettiänen (Script, Arctic Center, University of Lapland, various high schools)
Dustbuster with Dr. Charel Wohl, Workshops and Conference (FNR, LHCE)
Frozen Ground Cartoons: Workshops, conferences, trainings (FNR, Script, LJBM, LCD, LGE, Sportlycée, MNHN,...)
Science Festival