French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV)

The French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor is the agency of means and skills at the service of scientific research in the Polar Regions.

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Because access to and stay in these regions is difficult, the Polar Institute deploys special and consequent means, advanced technologies and employs the specific skills and knowledge of its staff to make scientific research of excellence possible in these extreme environments.

SOUTH

Subantarctic

Archipel de Crozet

Base Alfred Faure

Hour : 19:48:00

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Archipel de Kerguelen

Base de Port-aux-Français

Hour : 19:48:00

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Îles Amsterdam et Saint-Paul

Base Martin-de-Viviès

Hour : 19:48:00

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NORTH

Arctic

Ny-Ålesund

Station AWIPEV

Hour : 16:48:00

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SOUTH

Antarctica

Dôme C

Station Concordia

Hour : 22:48:00

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Terre Adélie

Station Dumont d'Urville

Hour : 00:48:00

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Arctique Christophe BRIERE

Vue sous-marine à Dumont d’Urville Eduardo DA FORNO

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12 May 2025

Publication of Polar Watch newsletter no. 4

Polar Watch newsletter n°4 is devoted to the Groenland. Polar watch is a monthly newsletter in French and English on […]

25 March 2025

Launch of the CASCADES expedition: Call for projects for a scientific expedition to the Arctic

The French Polar Institute, the Institut nordique du Québec (INQ), the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) and the Canadian program Transforming […]

24 March 2025

Beyond EPICA: Ice cores on their way to Europe

The ice cores extracted in Antarctica as part of the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the French Polar Institute and the National Research Council of Italy (Cnr), are currently on their way to Europe aboard the research vessel Laura Bassi.