Provides photographs of nine different types of glaciers with information about where they are located.

This website has a variety of photos that show types of glaciers and their effects. There are also links to other sites that contain glacier photos.

NPR offers a photographic slide show on the status of Greenland's ice glaciers as they start to melt and the consequences of the melting for the future.

View a satelite-generated slideshow that shows some of the hazards that glaciers pose as they break away or melt.

This beautiful image shows a unique looking iceberg in Greenland. There is a blue sky and the iceberg reflects off the cold water.

A comprehensive overview of icebergs. A great site for students who are researching icebergs and their features.

An in-depth look at how isostasy works and the processes taking place during glaciation and the melting of glaciers. Looks at gravity and the effects of density differences within the crust and mantle, and at Earth's magnetic field and...

The photographs of Illecillewaet Glacier are shown here spanning from 1887 to 2002. They show evidence of the shrinking of this glacier by more than one kilometre over this time period.

Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Here you can take a virtual tour.

A quiz on Romanticism. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way to incorporate technology in the artroom. This site is translated from the original French version. The homepage provides different languages.

Glaciers and icecaps contain approximately 70% of the world's freshwater, but groundwater is by far the most abundant and readily available source of freshwater. This graphic illustrates the quantity (in cubic kilometres) and...

The Repeat Photography Project pairs historic images with contemporary photos thus documenting glacial decline through photography while communicating the effects of global warming.

View and read about climate change by comparing two images of the same location at different times.

A map from 1898 of South America showing the general physical features including mountain systems, prominent peaks and volcanoes, river and lake systems, plateaus, and coastal features. The map includes an insert of the Isthmus of...

A geo-political map of Switzerland that shows canton and country borders current to 1904, major cities, tunnels and railroad lines. Physical features such as mountain ranges with elevation measured in feet, glaciers, and major rivers....

Located on the west coast of Greenland, 250 km north of the Arctic Circle, Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord (40,240 ha) is the sea mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea....

A Map of Europe showing the extent of the ice sheets during the last glacial period, the flow direction of the ice, and the remnant glaciers found in Europe in 1916.

A map of a part of the Highwoods Mountains in Montana showing a glaciated portion of the Great Plains. The map shows the remnant glacial features such as moraine and drift, and shows the areas covered by younger drift, areas covered by...

The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a...

Situated in the north-west of Sichaun Province, the Huanglong valley is made up of snow-capped peaks and the easternmost of all the Chinese glaciers. In addition to its mountain landscape, diverse forest ecosystems can be found, as well...

(1807-1873) Swiss-American geologist and naturalist famous for his study of glaciers.

Labeled diagram of the principal formations associated with glaciers.

Discusses the icebergs which are formed off the coast of Greenland and flow through the Northern Atlantic. Contains a link to the International Ice Patrol, a Coast Guard project to monitor large icebergs.