Relevant organizations

Permafrost

• International Permafrost Association (IPA)

• PermafrostNet

• United States Permafrost Association (USPA)

• Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN)

• Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTNP)

• Permafrost Information Network (PIN)

• Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Permafrost, Ice and Snow

For a more detailed breakdown on where you can find permafrost-related data see the data resources page.

Arctic science and engineering

• Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)

• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), is one of six Arctic Council working groups, and focuses on pollution and contaminants

• Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado

• Institute of Northern Engineering (INE), University of Alaska Fairbanks

• International Arctic Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska Faribanks

• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

• Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)

• World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge (WDCGC) is located in the Library of the SPRI

  • The WDCGC maintains a particularly comprehensive collection of publications covering all aspects of snow and ice worldwide -SPRILIB

  • World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder (WDCGB) is at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado, USA

  • World Data Center for Glaciology and Geocryology, Lanzhou, is in China

  • All three centres form part of the ICSU World Data System (WDS)