Born from Ice and Snow: The Conservation of Artefacts from Ice Patches

The ICOM-CC Archaeological Materials and Sites Working Group is pleased to invite you to the webinar 

Born from Ice and Snow: The Conservation of Artefacts from Ice Patches 

on 20 March 2025 at 16:00 Central European Time (CET).

The webinar will be approximately one and a half hour. Climate change has significantly affected glaciers and ice patches, causing more frequent or extraordinary melting events. This has led to the exposure of finds that show human activity and cultural traditions have been taking place at high altitudes over many centuries and given rise to the specialised discipline of glacial archaeology. Recognising the importance these frozen landscapes are to societies past and present, the United Nations General Assembly has also declared 2025 as the International Year of Glacier Preservation. The Working Group would like to use this occasion to highlight the contributions conservators are making in glacial archaeology and are delighted to have the following colleagues share their expertise:

• Margrethe Felter, Archaeological Conservator at the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo, will present “Conservation of ice patch finds at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo”
• Johanna Klügl, Senior Objects Conservator at the Department of Archaeological Conservation at the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Materiality in Art and Culture at Bern University of the Arts, will present “Archaeological Alpine Ice Patch Discoveries: From Lifting to Preservation, with a Special Focus on (Tree) Bast Objects”
• Valery Monahan, Conservator, Heritage Unit, Government of Yukon, will present “Conserving Yukon Ice Patch Finds: Care and Analysis”

The webinar is free of charge and open to all. Please register here, by 18 March 2025, to receive the Zoom link:

ICOM-CC Archaeological Materials and Sites Working Group Online session | 20 March 2025

The Zoom link for the event will be sent directly to registered participants one day before the event. Only registered attendees will be allowed into the Zoom meeting.

For any questions, please contact Francis Lukezic, Coordinator of the ICOM-CC Archaeological Materials and Sites Working Group, at francis.lukezic@ntnu.no

We hope you will join us and look forward to welcoming you to the webinar!