- All About Glaciers
Explores nearly all aspects of glaciers, with questions and answers, quick facts, a glossary, a photo gallery, news, and links.
nsidc.org/glaciers
- Benchmark Glaciers
USGS program to monitor climate, glacier geometry, glacier mass balance, glacier motion, and stream runoff. Monitors the Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers in Alaska and South Cascade Glacier in Washington State.
ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/index.html
- Britannica.com: Glacier
Describes the formation and characteristics of glacier ice.
www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=114806
- Crevasse Zone, The
GPS-based glacier velocity and surface elevation data collected on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska.
www.crevassezone.org
- Extreme Ice Survey (EIS)
The Extreme Ice Survey collects visual evidence of retreating glaciers all over the world through 26 time-lapse cameras the shoot every hour of daylight.
www.extremeicesurvey.org
- Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
Electronic journal of The British Geomorphological Research Group.
ggg.qub.ac.uk
- Glaciers, Rivers of Ice
Introduction to glaciers, how they form, how they move, and where they can be found.
members.aol.com/scipioiv/glmain.html
- Glaciers: Peter G. Knight
Includes photographs, research papers, resources for students, and information about joining the Enjoyment of Glaciers Group.
www.petergknight.com/glaciers/index.html
- Glaciotectonic Bibliography
Bibliography for glaciotectonic landforms and structures.
www.geospectra.net/glatec_biblio
- Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS)
USGS project designed to establish a global inventory of land ice, including surface topography, to measure the changes in extent of glaciers and, where possible, their surface velocities.
wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/GLIMS
- Ice Ages
Overview of the four major glaciation time intervals from late Proterozoic to the Quaternary.
www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages
- Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms
Presents basic definitions and examples of common alpine glacial landforms accompanied by photographs and topographic maps.
www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glacial_glossary
- Images of Glacier Bay
Images accompanied by brief audio comments by the photographer.
www.webcorp.com/images/alaskaimages.htm
- International Glaciological Society (IGS)
Includes the Journal of Glaciology and ICE, the news bulletin of the IGS.
www.igsoc.org
- International Union for Quaternary Research Commission on Glaciation
Working to explore and develop scientific co-operation for the study of past glaciations and present glacier processes.
www.inqua.au.dk
- National Ice Core Laboratory
A facility for storing, curating, and studying ice cores recovered from the polar regions of the world.
www.nicl-smo.sr.unh.edu
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)@
Find sites for the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a center for information and reference in support of cryospheric research. Sites include data, fact sheet, publications, and images of various forms of snow and ice.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Cryosphere/National_Snow_and_Ice_Data_Center__NSIDC_
- NOVA: Descent Into the Ice
Ventures deep inside the Mont Blanc glacier to explore a uniquely beautiful and dangerous environment with a new breed of explorer known as the "glacionaut."
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mtblanc
- Snowball Earth
Snowball Earth investigated the neoproterozoic climate and describes the coldest global climate imaginable -- a planet covered by glacial ice from pole to pole.
www.snowballearth.org
- Vatnajökull Glacier@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Geology_and_Geophysics/Vatnajoekull_Glacier
- World Glacier Inventory
Contains information on geographic location, area, length, orientation, elevation, and classification of morphological type and moraines.
www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NOAA/wgms_inventory
- Worthington Glacier Project
Field and modeling investigation of glacier dynamics using Worthington Glacier, Alaska as a field laboratory.
purl.oclc.org/net/worth
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