ISSN 0019–1043 Ice News Bulletin of the International Glaciological Society Number 168 2nd Issue 2015 Contents 2 From the Editor 25 Annals of Glaciology 56(70) 5 Recent work 25 Annals of Glaciology 57(71) 5 Chile 26 Annals of Glaciology 57(72) 5 National projects 27 Report from the New Zealand Branch 9 Northern Chile Annual Workshop, July 2015 11 Central Chile 29 Report from the Kathmandu Symposium, 13 Lake district (37–41° S) March 2015 14 Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (41–56° S) 43 News 20 Antarctica International Glaciological Society seeks a 22 Abbreviations new Chief Editor and three new Associate 23 International Glaciological Society Chief Editors 23 Journal of Glaciology 45 Glaciological diary 25 Annals of Glaciology 56(69) 48 New members Cover picture: Khumbu Glacier, Nepal. Photograph by Morgan Gibson. EXCLUSION CLAUSE. While care is taken to provide accurate accounts and information in this Newsletter, neither the editor nor the International Glaciological Society undertakes any liability for omissions or errors. 1 From the Editor Dear IGS member It is now confirmed. The International Glacio­ be moving from using the EJ Press system to logical Society and Cambridge University a ScholarOne system (which is the one CUP Press (CUP) have joined in a partnership in uses). For a transition period, both online which CUP will take over the production and submission/review systems will run in parallel. publication of our two journals, the Journal Submissions will be two­tiered – of Glaciology and the Annals of Glaciology. ‘Papers’ and ‘Letters’. There will no longer This coincides with our journals becoming be a distinction made between ‘General’ fully Gold Open Access on 1 January 2016. and ‘Instruments and methods’ papers. This is the biggest change that the IGS has Page charges will be replaced by Author undergone in recent decades and it will affect Processing Charges (APCs). The flat rate APCs us in many ways. We believe it will result will be £1200 for a ‘Paper’ and £600 for a in an increase in paper submissions since, ‘Letter’ of 5 printed pages or fewer. If the lead increasingly, many funding agencies are author is an IGS member, they will receive stipulating that papers describing research a 10% discount. The APCs will be payable funded by them must be published in fully to CUP via RightsLink but a percentage of Gold Open Access journals. With a greater the income CUP receives from these (and number of submissions, we are hoping that also from hard copy subscriptions, archive our impact factors will increase. subscriptions and advertising) will be passed By definition, Gold Open Access means on to the IGS. that the licensing associated with our APCs will be payable at an earlier stage publications will be CC­BY (Attribution) in the process than page charges. At the by default. It will be possible, however, for point of supplying their final accepted files authors to negotiate for either a CC­BY NC authors will receive an acknowledgement SA 4.0 (Attribution – Non­commercial ­ Share of safe receipt of their paper and an invoice Alike) or a CC­BY NC ND 4.0 (Attribution – via Rightslink for the APCs. Copyediting and Non­commercial – No Derivatives) licence. typesetting of papers will not proceed until Overleaf we list the main differences of the the APCs have been paid. different licences to help you understand The copyediting for the Journal and Annals what is involved. will from now on be done overseas rather In our new collaboration with Cambridge than by a specialist house editor. It will be University Press we will benefit from their size the responsibility of the authors and the Chief and infrastructure. We will be seeing more and Scientific Editors to ensure that English press releases and notifications of various language standards are maintained. So please kinds. CUP also has a large IT department make every effort to ensure your papers are that works on online development and written in good English and, if necessary, get their IT expertise should benefit us in many a competent English speaker to read over your ways. Since they also have a large marketing paper before you submit it, especially if English department, we can also expect to benefit is not your first language. Scientific editors from more aggressive marketing. will be instructed to return papers that are not I want to stress that the IGS will retain full written in clear English. Scientific Editors, with editorial control of the Journal and Annals of the help of the IGS office, will be able to put Glaciology. We will appoint all the editors and authors in touch with English language editors, they will process your submissions in the same if required, but the cost of these freelance way as we have been doing, although we will services will have to be borne by the authors. 2 CUP is a big operation that publishes has drafted a couple of advertisements which lots of journals and books and, as a result, are published overleaf. Please read them over is likely to be less flexible than our previous and point them out to anyone you think might small in­house operation. Papers will no be a good candidate for any of these posts. longer be proofread by our house editor IGS Members will recently have received before publication and, additionally, once 2016 membership renewal reminders. Our a paper is online, no late alterations will be membership rates for 2016 are unchanged allowed. Authors will need to read and check from last year. Inevitably, with us going Open their proofs even more thoroughly. Access and everyone having access to our And that brings me to the IGS archive. In publications, irrespective of whether they are the past this has been hosted either on the a member of the IGS or not, some will ask why IGS website or on Ingentaconnect. Typically, bother to join the IGS. I should re­emphasize issues published later than 2000 have been that IGS membership brings many benefits. As on the Ingenta site and older papers (dating well as the significant APC discount for authors back to 1947) on the IGS site. Over recent publishing in our journals, membership months we have been creating XML versions includes discounted registration fees for IGS­ from the PDFs and the resulting files have sponsored symposia and we have a range of now been put onto the Ingenta site. quality symposia lined up. For example, the In due course the complete archive will IGS is sponsoring the International Symposium be transferred to the CUP site so that all IGS on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with material will be freely available from one the Ocean to be held in La Jolla, California location. However, this will take time and from 11 to 15 July (first circular: http://www. CUP is currently prioritizing setting up the igsoc.org/symposia/2016/lajolla/). As those IGS production procedure. It is not possible who have attended will attest, our symposia are to do everything at once, so the new XML a highly enjoyable and rewarding events. They files will first go onto the Ingenta site. We are provide a unique opportunity in a relatively hopeful we will be able to transfer all archive intimate and sociable setting to interact with files to CUP during 2016. In the meantime, peers, establish and reinforce networks and the archive will be freely available from collaborations, and discuss ideas. January 2016 via the Ingentaconnect site and Only by retaining our membership will you will no longer be required to log into our we be able to provide you with our continued IGS ‘account’ to be able to view the articles. service as a prestigious learned society, It is worth noting that it is not possible to organizing the various symposia, meetings retroactively make papers ‘Open Access’; and workshops, collating the ICE newsletter instead they will be designated ‘Free’. and continuing with the prestigious Seligman I would also like to draw your attention Crystal and Richardson Medal awards. to fact the our IGS Chief Editor for over 12 As an IGS member you have access to a years, Jo Jacka, will be retiring at the end of wide network of glaciologists within which 2015. Jo will, however, see through to final you can share your ideas and establish decision all papers that have been submitted contacts. I will always remember how well up to 31 December 2015. We are using this I was received, as a young glaciologist, by opportunity to rethink the chief editorship John Glen, Hans Röthlisberger and John of the IGS journals. We are going to adopt Nye, for example. When I first met Hans an idea that Jo put forward and recruit one Röthlisberger, he noticed my IGS pin and overall Chief Editor and three Associate Chief said ‘I see you are a member of the IGS,’ and Editors, each assigned to a specific field of we were friends from then onwards. To this expertise. The IGS Publications Committee day I have a picture of him on my desk. 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