Activities include the annual workshop on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, the annual meeting of the IASC network, projects initiated by the NAG, and projects in which NAG participants are active.
Upcoming meeting
The next IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting will be held in Hafjell, Norway, on 8-10 February 2027.
Past meetings
Annual workshops on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers:
- 26 - 28 January 2026, Obergurgl, Austria (incl. cross-cutting activity "Arctic glacier hazards")
- 21 - 23 January 2025, Niseko, Japan (incl. cross-cutting activity "Impacts of the changing land-based cryosphere on Arctic society")
- 22 - 24 January 2024, Obergurgl, Austria (incl. cross-cutting activity "Societal impacts of glacier and snow changes in a warming Arctic")
- 26 - 28 January 2023, Obergurgl, Austria (incl. cross-cutting activity "Glacier - atmosphere interactions in a warming and wetting Arctic")
- 28 - 30 January 2020, Obergurgl, Austria (incl. cross-cutting activity "Glacier-ocean interactions and their impact on Arctic marine ecosystems")
- 21 - 23 January 2019, Geilo, Norway (incl. cross-cutting activity "The importance of Arctic glaciers for the Arctic marine ecosystem")
- 22 - 24 January 2018, Obergurgl, Austria (incl. cross-cutting activity "The importance of Arctic glaciers for the Arctic marine ecosystem")
- 23 - 25 January 2017, Bethel, Maine, USA
- 25 - 27 January 2016, Benasque, Spain
- 23 - 25 March 2015, Obergurgl, Austria
- 3 - 5 February 2014, Ottawa, Canada
- 26 - 28 February 2013, Obergurgl, Austria
- 10 - 13 January 2012, Zieleniec, Poland
- 2 - 4 February 2011, Winter Park, Colorado, USA
- 7 - 10 March 2010, Obergurgl, Austria
- 16 - 19 February 2009, Barrier Lake Station, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
- 28 January - 1 February 2008, Obergurgl, Austria
- 15 - 18 January 2007, Pontresina, Switzerland
- 30 January - 1 February 2006, Obergurgl, Austria
- 13 - 15 January 2005, Pontresina, Switzerland
Books of (extended) abstracts related to these meetings can be found under Publications.
Online meetings:
- 25 January 2022, online (via Zoom)
- 26 January 2021, online (via Zoom)
Thematic workshops:
- Workshop on the importance of calving for the mass budget of Arctic glaciers, 15-17 October 2016, Sopot, Poland (report available on publication page)
- Workshop on observing and modelling meltwater retention processes in snow and firn on ice sheets and glaciers, 1 - 3 June 2016, Copenhagen, Danmark (report available on publication page)
- Workshop on numerical modelling of tidewater-glacier dynamics, 2 - 3 June 2014, Grenoble, France (workshop website)
- Field workshop on studies of tidewater glaciers, 26 - 31 August 2012, on board of the Polish research vessel r/v Horyzont II, Svalbard (report available on publication page)
- Workshop on the use of automatic measuring systems on glaciers, 23 - 26 March 2011, Pontresina, Switzerland (workshop website)
GLACIODYN (IPY) meetings:
- 28 January - 1 February 2008, Obergurgl, Austria
- 18 January 2007, Pontresina, Switzerland
- 2 - 3 February 2006, Obergurgl, Austria
Projects
- GLACIODYN
- MAGICS
- Compilation of mass balance data up to 2003: Link
- ACIA
- SVALGLAC