I was national point of contact for the International Polar Year from 2004 to 2009 and since then, I have been in the coordination of the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR). Since 2011 I am Head of the FCT funded program and coordinating Teresa Cabrita (Executive Director) and Ana David (Logistics Manager) at PROPOLAR/IGOT. PROPOLAR is supervised by a Coordinating Committee, which includes myself, Adelino Canário (CCMAR, UALG), Catarina Magalhães (CIMAR/UP), João Canário (CQE/IST) and José Xavier (MARE/UC). Every year PROPOLAR coordinates together with the FCT the national call for Polar projects, manages the logistics of about 15 projects in the Arctic and Antarctica, and manages the PROPOLAR flight between Chile and King George Island that contributes to Antarctic logistics and transports about 100-140 researchers from 10 partner programs.