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Many publications in the fields of glaciology and climatology are available to users electronically and are listed below. Workshops and many related organizations also use the World Wide Web to provide information, publishing forums, and online discussion opportunities. Some of the journals and other publications listed below may also be available in print format in ROCS.

E-Books (links .pdf or .html files), E-Movies, etc.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Ice sheet model SICOPOLIS by Ralf Greave
International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground prepared by the Working Group on Snow Classification
Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future edited by Keith Alverson, Raymond Bradley, Thomas Pedersen
PostGISinAction by Regina O. Obe and Leo S. Hsu
Setting a course for Antarctic Integrated and System Science (AISS) NSF Office of Polar Programs, Antarctic Division
Simulated sea ice thickness and satellite observed ice extent for Summer 2007 Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
State of the Cryosphere: Glaciers and Ice Sheets edited by Hamish Pritchard

E-Ice Charts
Three of the publishers of sea ice charts have switched from paper to internet publishing. Follow these links for the latest charts.
Eisbericht 2008
Sea Ice Service, Forecasting Division for Northern Norway
Sea Ice Information from Japan Meteorological Agency

E-Conferences, E-Workshops & E-Research Reports
4th International Conference on Arctic Margins (2003)
2007 International Polar Diving Workshop
Acoustic Navigation and Communications for High-Latitude Ocean Research (ANCHOR) - Workshop report
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) Scientific Report Index
Arctic Data Reports (NIPR)
Arctic Ocean Observing System Report 2008
Arctic Observation Integration Workshops Report
Arctic Research and Monitoring Workshop: Toward a strategy for the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Final Report
Canadian Permafrost Conferences (1962-1990)
Human dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) International Polar Year Planning Report
International Symposium on Mitigative Measures against Snow Avalanches
IPY International Programme Office Reports
New Arctic satellite data shows Arctic literally on thin ice
Nordic IPY Humanities and Social Studies Workshop Work Site
Oden Southern Ocean Workshop
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Reports
Sea Ice Mass Budget of the Arctic (SIMBA) Workshop
State of the Arctic Report (NOAA) [need Adobe Acrobat Reader]
Study Final Report of the Beaufort Sea Meteorological Monitoring and Data Synthesis Project (this file is under 2005, #MMS 2005-069)

Organizations & Programs
Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely
Arctic & Antarctic: An overview of NSF research
The Arctic Environment in Historical Perspective
Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
Arctic Observing Network (AON)Design and Implementation (ADI) Task Force
Arctic Report Card
Arctic Sea Ice Outlook
Arctic Ship Coordination during the IPY
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
The Bering Sea Project
Boreal Environment Research
Canadian Ice Service - Canadian Arctic
Climi, acque e ghiacciai tra Gran Paradiso e Canavese (in Italian, but there is a list of glaciers with links to comparison glacier images)
EarthSLOT
Explore Ilulissat Icefjord
Global Climate Change
International Permafrost Association
International Polar Foundation
International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC)
IPY Sea Ice Day
Listening to our Past (in French, English, and Inuktitut)
The Morteratschgletscher project - studying the microclimate of a valley glacier
Northern Research Network
Open Science: Good for Research, Good for Researchers?
Permos (Permafrost Monitoring Switzerland)
Polar Discovery A project of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
RADJU, the Sami Research and Project Database
Rapid Landscape Change and Human Response in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic
Sea Ice Tide -- Inertial Interaction (SITII)
SEARCH (Study of Environmental Arctic Change) Resources
Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to IPY Science
Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE)
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic
Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network
Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems
US Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Office
Volcanoes and Ice
Weather Underground's Climate Change
World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)
World Ocean Observatory IPY 2007-08
WorldWideScience.org

E-Databases, etc.
Alaska Geospatial Climate Animations of Monthly Temperature and Precipitation
Alaska Weather and Climate Highlights
Arctic & Antarctic Discoveries online
Arctic Documentary Film database
Arctic Research Mapping Application (ARMAP)
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) database
ArcticStat Circumpolar Database
Fluctuations of Glaciers
Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
Glaciers online
Glaciers online - Photoglossary
Greenland Accumulation Grids from Byrd Polar Research Center
Hydrocarbon Impacts
Ice Graph Tool
International Polar Year 2007-2008 (NSF Portal)
International Polar Year Publications Database
Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database
IUCP Permafrost Courses
NASA Images - JSC Digital Image Collection
North Pole Web-Cam Images
Northern Research Portal. Saskatchewan Archives and Library
NSIDC Glacier Photograph Database
Safari Books Online [must be on the CU network]
Vintage photos of Polar exploration