International Glaciological Society (IGS)

Journal of Glaciology, Special Issue (1987)

Special issue commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the International Glaciological Society (1987)

Contents

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Introduction
H. Röthlisberger

4-24
A short history of scientific investigations on glaciers
Garry K.C. Clarke

25-32
Progress in glacial geology during the last fifty years
G.S. Boulton

33-47
Fifty years of progress in understanding ice sheets
Gordon de Q. Robin and Charles Swithinbank

48-51
Fifty years of progress in understanding sea ice
E. Lyn Lewis

52-59
Fifty years of progress in ice physics
John W. Glen

60-65
History of snow-cover research
S.C. Colbeck

66-77
Technology in the advancement of glaciology
H. Jay Zwally

78-85
Fifty years of progress in ice engineering
Lorne W. Gold

86-90
Impact of the International Glaciological Society on the development of glaciology and its future role
J. Weertman