- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)@
- Find sites for the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, a centre for information and reference in support of cryospheric research. Sites include data, fact sheet, publications, and images of various forms of snow and ice.
- Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
- Electronic journal of The British Geomorphological Research Group. - 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. - All About Glaciers
- Explores nearly all aspects of glaciers, with questions and answers, quick facts, a glossary, a photo gallery, news, and links. - Crevasse Zone, The
- GPS-based glacier velocity and surface elevation data collected on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska. - Glaciers, Rivers of Ice
- Introduction to glaciers, how they form, how they move, and where they can be found. - 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. - National Ice Core Laboratory
- A facility for storing, curating, and studying ice cores recovered from the polar regions of the world. - Ice Ages
- Overview of the four major glaciation time intervals from late Proterozoic to the Quaternary. - Worthington Glacier Project
- Field and modelling investigation of glacier dynamics using Worthington Glacier, Alaska as a field laboratory. - Benchmark Glaciers
- USGS programme 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. - Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms
- Presents basic definitions and examples of common alpine glacial landforms accompanied by photographs and topographic maps. - 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. - Glaciers: Peter G. Knight
- Includes photographs, research papers, resources for students, and information about joining the Enjoyment of Glaciers Group. - Britannica.com: Glacier
- Describes the formation and characteristics of glacier ice. - 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." - World Glacier Inventory
- Contains information on geographic location, area, length, orientation, elevation, and classification of morphological type and moraines. - Glaciotectonic Bibliography
- Bibliography for glaciotectonic landforms and structures. - Vatnajökull Glacier@
- 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. - Images of Glacier Bay
- Images accompanied by brief audio comments by the photographer. - International Glaciological Society (IGS)
- Includes the Journal of Glaciology and ICE, the news bulletin of the IGS.
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