Preserve the ice memory for future generations

On January 14th, from the heart of Antarctica, the inauguration of the Ice Memory Sanctuary at Concordia Station gathered more than 300 people on live, including over 80 journalists from across the world.

From the Alps to the Antarctic Plateau, precious ice cores carrying the memory of Earth’s past atmosphere are now safely stored at Concordia station in an ice cave at a temperature close to -52°C/-61°F year-round...

Two deep ice cores of 105 m length to reveal the secrets of resistant glaciers in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan - Central Asia.

The Ice Memory Foundation and its partners announced the first-ever transport of ice cores from mountain glaciers to the Ice Memory Sanctuary in Antarctica, at Concordia Station where they will be safeguarded for...

On the 24rd of September, an international team of scientists launched a new ice coring expedition on the Pamir Mountains - Tajikistan, part of the often called « Roof of the World ». At an altitude of 5.800m, on the Kon...

The environmental and climatic history of the Pamir glaciers - Tajikistan – is expected to join the Ice Memory heritage. This drilling expedition will be led by the PAMIR Project and a wide partnership of scientific...

The Ice Memory team will advocate at UNOC3 in Nice where France, Tajikistan and UNESCO representatives will launch the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (2025-2034). The Ice Memory Foundation continues to call...

On the March 20th & 21st, 2025, the Ice Memory Foundation engages with the glaciers’ community, including colleagues who are standing up for water resources and the human, socio-economics impacts of the melting glaciers....

Here we go! The Ice Memory Foundation took part in the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 Opening Ceremony on January 21st in Geneva. This high-level event was co-organized by the World Meteorological...

As the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) concluded on May 30th, 2024 in Kochi, Kerala (India), a very important milestone has been reached by the Ice Memory Foundation. Indeed, storing heritage ice cores...

Dive into Ice Memory Foundation new photo exhibition that was hosted by The Maison Française, Embassy of France in the US and France Science in Washington DC.