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ALL ABOUT GLACIERS

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Glacier organizations

International Organizations

International Glaciological Society

International Work Group on Geospatial Analysis of Glaciated Environments (GAGE)

International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

SCAR Working Group on Glaciology

World Glacier Monitoring Service

National Organizations

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

The British Antarctic Survey

Universities

Centre for Glaciology at the University of Wales

Glaciology at the University of Washington

Glaciology at the University of British Columbia

Geology & Geophysics at University of Wyoming

Snow, Ice, & Permafrost at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Other Organizations

Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge

Earth Physics - Geodynamics, part of the Research School of Earth Sciences, at Australian National University

Physical Geography Division of the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich