Fourth International Summer School In Glaciology

Event Type: Field Training and Schools

When: 7 June 2016 to 17 June 2016

Where: McCarthy, Alaska

Summary

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 1 February 2016

The course is intended to provide glaciology graduate students with a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology, modeling and remote sensing of glaciers and ice sheets. The course is taught by glaciology faculty of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and several invited guest lecturers.

Current sponsors include NASA, the International Glaciological Society (IGS), the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Instructors:
Andy Aschwanden, Ed Bueler, Mark Fahnestock, Regine Hock, Martin Truffer (UAF),
Gwenn Flowers (SFU, Canada)
More instructors are being recruited.