{"id":335637,"date":"2026-01-22T11:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2026\/01\/prince-albert-ii-attends-the-opening-of-the-worlds-first-ice-sanctuary-in-antarctica\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:34:07","slug":"prince-albert-ii-attends-the-opening-of-the-worlds-first-ice-sanctuary-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2026\/01\/prince-albert-ii-attends-the-opening-of-the-worlds-first-ice-sanctuary-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Albert II attends the opening of the world\u2019s first ice sanctuary in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><strong>Supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, a unique cave has been inaugurated in Antarctica to preserve humanity&#8217;s climate archives.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 14 January 2026, Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the inauguration of an ice cave in Antarctica live on YouTube, marking a new milestone in his environmental commitment. As Honorary President of the Ice Memory Foundation, the Sovereign has supported this international scientific project since 2015, which aims to safeguard ice cores extracted from glaciers threatened by global warming.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" data-id=\"335328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/antarctique-prince-albert-ii-fondation-1024x642.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/antarctique-prince-albert-ii-fondation-1024x642.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/antarctique-prince-albert-ii-fondation-479x300.jpeg 479w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/antarctique-prince-albert-ii-fondation.jpeg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>The inauguration of the Ice Memory Sanctuary was broadcast live on YouTube by the foundation<\/i> \u00a9 Ice Memory Foundation \u2013 Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" data-id=\"335362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.28.06-1024x665.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.28.06-1024x665.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.28.06-462x300.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.28.06.jpeg 2006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" data-id=\"335334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.01.38-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.01.38-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/capture-decran-2026-01-20-a-10.01.38-449x300.jpeg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>The teams of scientists present on site stored the samples in the cavern <\/i>\u00a9 Ice Memory Foundation \u2013 YouTube screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-coffre-fort-naturel-a-52-c\"><b><strong>A natural safe at -52\u00b0C<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Didier and Martine Primat Foundation, major philanthropic partners in the project, made it possible to build the Ice Memory Sanctuary at the Franco-Italian Concordia station. This 35-metre-long cavern, dug five metres below the Antarctic surface, enjoys a constant temperature of around -52\u00b0C without any mechanical refrigeration system. &#8220;I had the privilege of travelling to Antarctica in 2009 and visiting the Concordia station during my expedition (&#8230;) My foundation has been involved in the Ice Memory initiative since its inception in 2015. Today, we have a historic responsibility to build a heritage of glacial archives for our children,&#8221; said Prince Albert II, speaking to the Ice Memory Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8qh4SNceFFs?si=cvYkSsgs8ZsUtLZZ&amp;start=4106\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-des-archives-millenaires-protegees\"><b><strong>Millennia-old archives protected<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first two ice cores extracted from Mont Blanc and Grand Combin arrived at this sanctuary after a journey of more than fifty days. These samples contain atmospheric information accumulated over several centuries, even millennia. Other cores from the Andes, Pamir, Caucasus and Svalbard will join this shared heritage in the coming years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/elbrus-russiae-&#xAE;sarah_delben_sdb_8097-grande-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Extraction of an ice core &#xA9; Sarah Delben &#x2013; SDB\" class=\"wp-image-335356\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>Extraction of an ice core<\/i> \u00a9 Sarah Delben \u2013 SDB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, a unique cave has been inaugurated in Antarctica to preserve humanity&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":335351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1825,1837,243],"tags":[2830],"post_sectags":[4993],"post_format":[2465],"class_list":["post-335637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-environment","category-news","tag-prince-albert-ii-en-2","sectag-prince-albert-ii-foundation","format-in-brief"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prince Albert II attends the opening of the world\u2019s first ice sanctuary in Antarctica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, a unique cave has been inaugurated in Antarctica to preserve humanity&#039;s climate archives. 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