The Sovereign have been greet by Alain Hubert, President of the International Polar Foundation, before meeting with Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
This event have also included the participation of such personalities as Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, Kim Jorgensen, Under-Secretary for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greenland, and Michel Rocard, Ambassador for the Polar Regions, former Prime Minister.