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glaciologist

American  
[gley-shee-ol-uh-jist, -see-] / ˌgleɪ ʃiˈɒl ə dʒɪst, -si- /

noun

  1. glacialist.


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"I'm just so excited to look at that and just see the whole bed of Antarctica at once," said Prof Robert Bingham, a glaciologist at the University of Edinburgh who co-authored the study.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Scientists who study glaciers tend to focus on ice volume loss rather than individual glaciers, says glaciologist Lander Van Tricht, because that metric has the more dire global consequences.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos and photos of his trips to Antarctica, where the glaciologist and climate scientist has spent days and weeks at a time collecting ice core samples.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Brugman was a glaciologist, a scientist who studied the movement of glaciers.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone