Our vision

The Ice Memory Foundation aims to collect, save, and manage ice cores from selected glaciers in danger of degradation or disappearance, with a view to preserving the information they contain for decades and centuries to come. Safeguarding these ice cores is key to providing scientific advances: the knowledge on past climate and environment history obtained through the ice cores will continue to guide policy decisions that will ultimately contribute to the well-being of humanity.

News

New drilling mission at Colle del Lys glacier in the Alps
New drilling mission at Colle del Lys glacier in the Alps
The Ice Memory successfully extracted from the endangered Colle del Lys glacier in the Alps: 2 ice cores drilled for research and preserved for Heritage.
[One Planet Polar Summit] A call for ice memory preservation
[One Planet Polar Summit] A call for ice memory preservation
A high level mobilization to safeguard ice memory from endangered glaciers: With the objective to step into action for the cryosphere, the One Planet- Polar Summit - which took place from November 8 to 10 in Paris, on the initiative of French President...
Ice Memory Workshop in China
Ice Memory Workshop in China
Ice Memory Foundation was in China over the last week: Jérôme Chappellaz, chairman of Ice Memory and Carlo Barbante, vice chairman of Ice Memory, took part to a workshop in Lanzhou, co-organized by the Ice Memory Foundation and...
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drilling operations
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countries involved
18,000
years of climate and environmental history from the Andes 

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Ice Memory Foundation presentation

Testimonial


Claude Lorius, French glaciologist and glacier drilling pioneer

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Donors

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Founders

The Ice Memory Foundation, under the auspices of the UGA Foundation, has been created on Jan 18th, 2021 by 7 founding partners.
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