International Summer School in Glaciology

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has organized biennial summer schools in glaciology since 2010 open to graduate students in glaciology around the world. The course scheduled for 2020 and then postponed to 2021 had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The course is held at the Wrangell Mountains Center in McCarthy, Alaska.

5-15 June 2026 (exact dates may shift by a few days)

Application deadline: 12 January 2026

Confirmed Lecturers

Andy Aschwanden (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF), Ed Bueler (UAF), Mark Fahnestock, (UAF), Regine Hock (UAF/Oslo Univ.), Martin Truffer (UAF); Gwenn Flowers (Simon Fraser University, Canada), David Rounce (Carnegie Mellon Univ.); Guest lecturer: Mike Loso (National Park Service).

Past Sponsors (grant applications for next year are under review):

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• International Glaciological Society (IGS)

• International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)

• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)

• Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)