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.

6-16 June 2026

Application deadline: 10 January 2026

We received 105 applications. 

Instructors

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), Alicia Rutledge (Northern Arizona University); Guest lecturer: Mike Loso (National Park Service).

Sponsors

• National Science Foundation (NSF)  (proposal pending)

• International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)

• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) (proposal pending)

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)

• International Glaciological Society (IGS)

• Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)