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Journal articles, reprints, technical reports and conference or compendium papers are catalogued individually, as are all monographs. The database contains no abstracts. Subjects covered include sea ice, polar ice masses, freshwater ice, glaciers, seasonal snow cover, avalanches, permafrost, paleoglaciology, and climate change. Document delivery is keynote of services provided. Currently, the disc is updated semi-annually.