2 November 2015:
This year, Italy celebrates 30 years of scientific and technological activities in Antarctica. The first expedition of the Italian Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) was conducted in the 1985-1986 Austral Summer season. Italy joined SCAR in 1987 and became a full member in 1988. Two major initiatives were organized to celebrate this anniversary:
- an exhibition on Antarctic research, technology and operations in a monumental building in the centre of Rome, that was open to the public during the whole month of October 2015;
- a national conference on Antarctic research held at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome on 20 and 21 October 2015.