Inauguration of the Ice Memory sanctuary- Live event from Concordia Station, Antarctica

Wednesday, 14th January 2026 

10:00 am Central European Time - Paris, Roma, Geneva

5:00 pm - Local Time at Concordia Station, Antarctica

Within the framework of  the UN Decade of Action for the Cryospheric Sciences 2025-2034.

 All the founding partners of the Ice Memory Foundation - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and CNR in Italy, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS and IRD in France - are delighted to invite you to celebrate the inauguration of the Ice Memory Sanctuary and the storage of the first glacier ice cores to be saved in Antarctica for future generations.

In the presence of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco,  Honorary President of the Ice Memory Foundation.

With the participation of:

• Lidia Brito, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
• Representative of the Italian Ministry of Research, through the Commissione Scientifica Nazionale per l'Antartide (CSNA),
• Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
• Riccardo Scipinotti, Concordia Station Leader, ENEA (Italy)
• scientific partners of the Ice Memory initiative

Registration link: Inauguration of the Ice Memory Sanctuary- Online event

For more details please visit the official website: The Ice Memory Foundation will open the first-ever sanctuary of climate archives in Antarctica, storing mountain ice cores for centuries - Ice Memory Foundation