The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on ‘Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers’ in 2025. The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, UK, on 21-25th July 2025.
THEME
The aim of this symposium is to bring together scientists working on both modern and palaeo-ice streams/outlet glaciers, along with those using numerical modelling, in order to facilitate greater interaction and the cross-pollination of ideas, data and theoretical insight on one of glaciology’s most important topics.
SUGGESTED TOPICS
We seek papers and presentations on any aspect of ice streams and outlet glaciers, including observations at a range of spatial and temporal scales and insights gleaned from numerical modelling. Key topics include (but are not limited to):
- Observations of ice streams/outlet glaciers and their links to the ocean-climate system.
- Interactions between ice streams/outlet glaciers and floating ice shelves/ice tongues.
- Geophysical studies of ice streams/outlet glaciers, including englacial and subglacial observations, and processes of sediment erosion, transport, and deposition.
- The influence of hydrology on ice stream/outlet glacier dynamics (e.g. evolution of subglacial drainage systems, meltwater pathways and supraglacial/subglacial lake drainage).
- Reconstructions of palaeo-ice streams/outlet glaciers, including their links to the ocean-climate system and investigations of their subglacial sediments and landforms.
- Numerical modelling studies of past, present and future ice stream/outlet glacier behaviour and/or of key processes relating to their behaviour.
- The role of ice streams/outlet glaciers in ice sheet instabilities (e.g. Heinrich events)
INVITED SPEAKERS
Chris Clark(University of Sheffield, UK), Ellyn Enderlin (Boise State University, USA), Christina Hulbe(University of Otago, New Zealand), Ian Joughin (University of Washington, Seattle, USA), Eric Rignot (University of California Irvine, USA), Monica Winsborrow (UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway).
PROGRAM
The symposium will include oral and poster sessions, with ample free time for discussion. Additional activities will include an opening icebreaker, a conference dinner and a mid-week day-trip to explore the glacial history and glacial geomorphology of palaeo-ice stream beds in northern England, including a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage site of ‘Hadrian’s Wall’.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANISATION
Magnús Már Magnússon (International Glaciological Society) & Event Durham, Durham University.
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Caroline Clason & Chris Stokes (Co-Chairs), Tom Chudley, Katherine Deakin, Stewart Jamieson, Holly Jenkins, Grant Macdonald, Colm Ó Cofaigh, Dave Roberts, David Small, Matilda Weatherley, Holly Wytiahlowsky.
ABSTRACT AND PAPER PUBLICATION
Participants who wish to present at the Symposium (oral or poster) should submit an abstract by 25 March 2025. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the Symposium’s website. The Council of the International Glaciological Society will publish a thematic issue of the Annals of Glaciology on topics consistent with the Symposium themes and participants are encouraged to submit manuscripts for this volume.
