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Links
All About Glaciers
nsidc.org/glaciers/questions/types.html
Part of a comprehensive Web site from the National Snow and Ice
Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, this page is an online field
guide to glaciers. Sections cover the anatomy of glaciers, how
glaciers affect climate change, and more.
Satellite Images of Glaciers
www.glaciers.er.usgs.gov/gl_slide/
The U.S. Geological Survey's Eastern Earth Surface Processes Team
offers these 35-mm color slides of glaciers around the world. You
can examine images of glaciers from Greenland to Antarctica and
from Pakistan to Chile on this informative site.
Peril in Peru?
www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2003/52.cfm
An instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite is keeping a close
eye on a potential glacial disaster in Peru's spectacular
Cordillera Blanca, the highest range of the Peruvian Andes. This
archived Jet Propulsion Laboratory news release from April 2003
contains information, images, and links to other resources.
Climbing Magazine
climbing.com/
Climbing Magazine's Web site contains more than 30 years
of rock and ice climbing news, climber profiles, technical
information, and gear reviews. You'll also find message boards,
photo galleries, and classifieds.
Dr. Andreas Kääb
www.geo.unizh.ch/~kaeaeb/projects.html
Andreas Kääb, a lecturer and researcher at the
University of Zürich-Irchel (and author of
Glacier Hazards From Space), specializes in glacier and permafrost monitoring.
Kääb's Web site is a rich source of data and images
about glaciers and their potential hazards in the Swiss
Alps.
Books
Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms
by Matthew R. Bennett and Neil F. Glasser. New York: John Wiley
& Sons, 1997
Glacier Ice
by Austin Post and Edward R. Lachapelle. Seattle: University of
Washington Press, 2000
The Physics of Glaciers
by W.S.B. Paterson. Philadelphia: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999
Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing!
by Jeff Lowe. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 1996
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