Comitato Glaciologico Italiano

The importance of a systematic control of glacial bodies, repeated during time, has been recognized since the first proceedings of the Glaciological Commission of the Italian Alpine club (1895), that subsequently generated the Italian Glaciological Committee (CGI).
Since its origin the main activity of the CGI has been the systematic monitoring of the glaciers and, in particular, the measure of the front variations. For this purpose every year, at the end of the ablation summer season, a glaciological survey is carried out during which measures and photographs from fixed points, observations of the snow cover and of the front morphology are taken.
This activity has never been interrupted since 1911, except during war periods, supplying therefore one of the longest series of observations of the glacial front variations in the world. The annual glaciological surveys allowed to acquire a large amount of data and a precious photographic documentation.
A section of the CGI Bulletin is dedicated, since 1927, to the results obtained in the framework of the glaciological campaigns. At present, approximately 150 glaciers are monitored every year by a large number of voluntary surveyors, also linked to other associations.

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– Comitato Glaciologico Italiano
– Associazione Italiana di Geografia Fisica e Geomorfologia
– Club Alpino Italiano

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List of glaciological surveys published on the Bullettin of the Italian Glaciological Committee (Bollettino del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano, Ser. I and II) and on Geografia Fisica and Dinamica Quaternaria (GFDQ, Ser. III):

Key reading:
eX: 1954-1955 – II – 7 (1)
1954-1955 = glaciological surveys;
II = Bulletin series;
7 = volume;
(1) = issue

2021-2022 – III – 46 (1) 2023
2020-2021 – III – 45 (1) 2022
2019-2020 – III – 43 (2) 2020
2018-2019 – III – 43 (1) 2020
2017-2018 – III – 42 (2) 2019
2016-2017 – III – 41 (2) 2018
2015-2016 – III – 40 (2) 2017

2014-2015

III – 39 (2) 2016

2013-2014 – III – 38 (2) 2015
2012-2013 – III – 37 (2) 2014
2011-2012 – III – 36 (2) 2013
2010-2011 – III – 35 (2) 2012
2009-2010 – III – 34 (2) 2011
2008-2009 – III – 33 (2) 2010
2007-2008 – III – 32 (2) 2009
2006-2007 – III – 31 (2) 2008
2005-2006 – III – 30 (2) 2007
2004-2005 – III – 29 (2) 2006
2003-2004 – III – 28 (2) 2005
2002-2003 – III – 27 (2) 2004
2001-2002 – III – 26 (2) 2003
2000-2001 – III – 25 (2) 2001
1999-2000 – III – 24 (2) 2001
1998-1999 – III – 23 (2) 2000
1997-1998 – III – 22 (2) 1999
1996-1997 – III – 21 (2) 1998
1995-1996 – III – 20 (2) 1997
1994-1995 – III – 19 (1) 1996
1993-1994 – III – 18 (1) 1995
1992-1993 – III – 17 (2) 1994
1991-1992 – III – 16 (2) 1993
1990-1991 – III – 15 (1 e 2) 1992
1989-1990 – III – 14 (2) 1991
1988-1989 – III – 13 (2) 1990
1987-1988 – III – 12 (2) 1989
1986-1987 – III – 11 (2) 1988
1985-1986 – III – 10 (2) 1987
1984-1985 – III – 9 (2) 1986
1983-1984 – III – 9 (1) 1986
1982-1983 – III – 7 (2) 1984
1981-1982 – III – 6 (1) 1983
1980-1981 – III – 5 (2) 1982
1979-1980 – III – 4 (2) 1981
1978-1979 – III – 3 (2) 1980
1977-1978 – III – 2 (2) 1979
1976-1977 – III – 1 (1) 1978
1975-1976 – II – 25 (2)
1974-1975 – II – 23
1973-1974 – II – 22
1972-1973 – II – 21
1971-1972 – II – 20
1970-1971 – II – 19
1969-1970 – II – 18
1968-1969 – II – 17
1967-1968 – II – 16 (1)
1966-1967 – II – 16 (1)
1965-1966 – II – 16 (1)
1964-1965 – II – 15 (1)
1963-1964 – II – 14 (1)
1962-1963 – II – 13 (1)
1961-1962 – II – 12 (1)
1960-1961 – II – 11 (1)
1959-1960 – II – 10 (1)
1958-1959 – II – 9 (1)
1957-1958 – II – 9 (1)
1956-1957 – II – 8 (1)
1955-1956 – II – 8 (1)
1954-1955 – II – 7 (1)
1953-1954 – II – 6
1952-1953 – II – 5
1951-1952 – II – 4
1950-1951 – II – 3
1949-1950 – II – 2
1948-1949 – II – 1
1947-1948 – II – 1
1946-1947 – II – 1
1945-1946 – I – 25 – 1948
1944-1945 – I – 24 – 1947; I – 25 – 1948
1943-1944 – I – 24 – 1947
1942-1943 – I – 24 – 1947; I – 25 – 1948
1941-1942 – I – 23 – 1945
1940-1941 – I – 22 – 1942
1939-1940 – I – 21 – 1941
1938-1939 – I – 20 – 1940
1937-1938 – I – 19 – 1939
1936-1937 – I – 18 – 1938
1935-1936 – I – 17 – 1937
1934-1935 – I – 16 – 1936
1933-1934 – I – 15 – 1935
1932-1933 – I – 14 – 1934
1931-1932 – I – 13 – 1933
1930-1931 – I – 12 – 1932
1929-1930 – I – 11 – 1931
1928-1929 – I – 10 – 1930
1927-1928 – I – 9 – 1929
1926-1927 – I – 8 – 1928

Glaciological surveys conducted before the publication of the Bulletin of the Italian Glaciological Committee (1914)

Glaciological studies in Italy got their continuity and consistency in the last fifteen years of the XIX Century, thanks also to the fundamental role played by the Italian Glaciological Board, established in 1895 within the Italian Alpine Club.
Notes were essentially hosted in journals of naturalistic, geographic and geologic societies, Science Academies, and often on mountaineering oriented journals, like the “Bollettino” (Bulletin) and the “Rivista Mensile” (Monthly Journal) of the Italian Alpine Club.
Reports and short notes about what can be already considered a real glaciological surveying can be found in these journals represent an anticipation of the coordinated and methodical activity that the Italian Glaciological Committee undertook since 1914, year of the publication of its own Bulletin.
This section, that will go on receiving new items, contains a review – in chronological order – of this historic documentary heritage published before 1914, not always well-known, nor easily available.

Italian Western Alps

Mader F. (1896) Escursioni e studi nelle Alpi Marittime

Porro F., Druetti A. (1896) Osservazioni sui Ghiacciai del Gruppo del Gran Paradiso

Druetti A. (1897) Ricerche sui fenomeni glaciali nel Gruppo del Gran Paradiso – Campagna glaciologica del 1896

Viglino A. (1898) Introduzione allo studio sui ghiacciai delle Alpi Marittime

Dainelli G. (1902) Alcune osservazioni sui ghiacciai del versante italiano del Monte Rosa

Dainelli G. (1902) Stato attuale dei ghiacciai del Monte Rosa

Dainelli G. (1902) Sull’attuale ritiro dei ghiacciai del versante italiano del Monte Rosa

Porro F. (1902) Ricerche preliminari sopra i ghiacciai italiani del Monte Bianco (campagna del 1897)

Porro F. (1903) Nuove osservazioni sui ghiacciai del Gran Paradiso e del Monte Bianco

Dainelli G. (1906) Alcune notizie sopra i ghiacciai delle valli di Gressoney e di Ayas (Gruppo del M. Rosa)

Mader F. (1909) Appunti sui ghiacciai delle Alpi Marittime