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Glacier Picture Gallery
A collection of photos and notes about glaciers and related features.

Geo-Quiz 7: Glaciers
A dozen tough ones on the subject of ice and ice ages. I bet you'll freeze up when those big-money questions come around.

Looking Deeply Into Glaciers
Ways of examining glaciers close up, inside, and underneath.

Glossary of Glacial Terms
Part of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, this illustrated list has about 180 different definitions.

Antarctica, The Coolest Place on Earth
Antarctica is a special place, no matter how you look at it.

Antarctica Geology and Geophysics
Home page for many different research programs supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
A worldwide nonprofit organization to speak for the penguins and seals. Good links and a newsletter.

Antarctic Science Programs of the NSF
The U.S. National Science Foundation supports several important research projects on the icy continent.

Antarctic Tourism
A background paper by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators.

Arctic Science Programs of the NSF
Home page for National Science Foundation projects in the icy ocean.

Canadian Ice Service
An agency of Environment Canada, the CIS has images, information, and data for the whole Canadian Arctic.

The Cryosphere
This site by the National Snow and Ice Data Center is a first-rate entree to material on glaciers, snow, icebergs, polar climate, and more.

Glacier
A great glacier site, focused mainly but not exclusively on Antarctica, from Rice University.

GLIMS
The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) project monitors the world's glaciers using the ASTER satellite.

Ice Ages
A short exhibit from the Illinois State Museum that covers all the main points in everyday language.

INSTAAR
The University of Colorado at Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research has wide-ranging scientific programs relating to icy and glaciated regions.

International Arctic Buoy Programme
This program floats instrumented buoys in the Arctic ice pack and shares the resulting data. Follow the buoys on the monthly maps.

Jökulhlaups - Glacial Outburst Floods
Jökulhlaups are peculiar glacial floods, as impressive as the people who live with them.

Polar Museums Directory
Cambridge University's wide-ranging annotated list of Arctic and Antarctic collections—many of them linked here.

Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World—South America
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386I is full of pictures from space and from the air, too.

SCAR, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
An international blanket organization with many subprograms in all parts of Earth science.

Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
This agency coordinates Arctic and Antarctic science for Germany.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative
This ice sheet could affect global sea level if it collapsed. Background info and scientific results are here.