Ice Memory Foundation

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.

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News

IPICS 2026
Ice Memory challenges 320 glaciologists to preserve the memory of our mountain glaciers

At the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences - IPICS 2026 in Banff, Canada, the Ice Memory Foundation presented its vision to 320 glaciologists from around the world. The enthusiastic support of the internation...
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Ice Memory at IPICS 2026
Building the future of ice core science together

From 11 to 16 October 2026, the international ice core community gathers in Banff, Canada, for IPICS.For the Ice Memory Foundation, this event is an opportunity to strengthen international collaboration and invite new ...
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Philanthropists play a key role in safeguarding our glacier archives
The interview with Anne-Catherine Ohlmann
PRESS RELEASE Ice Memory Sanctuary
The Ice Memory Foundation opens the first-ever sanctuary of mountain ice cores in Antarctica, storing these climate archives for centuries

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 designe...
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