Offers basic information on glaciers. Learn about their formation, components, types, effects, and climate changes.

Geography instructor gives a lesson, with drawings and explanations of the horn, col, arete, cirque, trough, and crevasse types of glaciers.

Explore this glacial landform in the Rockies through photos, RealAudio, and videos. Lesson plan includes a study of glaciers.

University of Vermont answers questions about what glaciers are, how they form, their physical aspects, and when the last glacial age ended.

National tourist board provides photos and information on the ice-cap divers who lower themselves into the giant crevasses.

Browse an educational guide to icebergs, with info on the Greenland icecap. Find general details on the country itself.

Download glaciology images from the International Council for Science. Includes news and links.

Photos of ice caves and the McBride Glacier are accompanied by text and audio comments.

Linking Education with Antarctic Research in New Zealand offers virtual field trips to classrooms. Past trips included a research ice breaker.

Describes a form of sedimentation produced on lake bottoms in the vicinity of glaciers.

PBS provides a basic lesson plan for teaching about glaciers, with an overview, suggested activities, sample questions, and resources.

Read an article about the breaking up of Antarctic ice shelves due to years of higher temperatures.

Take a virtual tour of an Antarctic habitat. Click on objects of interest, and learn about ice formation.

Take a voyage to Antarctica via field journals, photos, and expedition maps and routes. See studies of the area's history, science, and ecology.

Click on the map to get details about glaciers around the world. Furnished by the National Snow and Ice Data Center.