In 1983 the first Glacier Bay Science Symposium was sponsored by the NPS and the organization Friends of Glacier Bay to celebrate nearly a century of research in the Glacier Bay region. The success of the gathering prompted the research community to organize another symposium in 1988, and the pentennial sequence was repeated in 1993 with the Third Glacier Bay Science Symposium. As the century turned, interest and participation in science at Glacier Bay had outgrown the park's small conference facility, and the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium was held in Juneau in October 2004. This last conference brought together over 150 registered participants from a broad spectrum of disciplines and lifeways to share scientific and cultural perspectives derived from research at Glacier Bay.
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Past Symposium Proceedings The picture links below will take you to the three past science symposium proceedings. Warning - Some of these files are very large !!
Third Glacier Bay Science Symposium (Click on picture to open - 24.5 MB PDF)
Second Glacier Bay Science Symposium (Click on picture to open - 15 MB PDF)
First Glacier Bay Science Symposium (Click on picture to open - 10 MB PDF)
Did You Know?
Spruce Bark Beetles have infected nutrient poor areas of Glacier Bay forests. A naturally occurring insect in Glacier Bay, the Spruce Bark Beetle has changed the progress of forest succession in areas of epidemic infection.