Since SPI’s inception in 2016, a community of scientists, partners, artists and audiences has grown, shaped by shared fieldwork, projects, events, networks and, ultimately, memories. To mark SPI’s 10th Anniversary, we are launching an Open Call for Memories.
We invite you to share your cherished memories of SPI to by 31 August 2026 to contribute to a collective retrospective of the past decade.

On 18 March in Bern, the Swiss Polar Institute marked its 10th Anniversary by outlining its priorities for 2026–2035, highlighting the importance of polar research for the Alps, and announcing two new SPI Flagship Initiative projects and the CASCADES Expedition. Organised in collaboration with the Intergroupe parlementaire “Régions polaires”, the […]