Yes, winter is a good time to study glaciology
glaciology
Glaciology is this discipline. The practitioners are glaciologists.
Areas of study within glaciology include glacial history and the reconstruction of past glaciation. A glaciologist is a person who studies glaciers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciology
Astronomy, Glaciology, exo-planets.
maybe, if earth science is the same as environmental science, which i think it is.
That would be paleontology, the study of prehistoric life forms by an examination of the fossil record. Glaciology is the study of glaciers and their effects, and hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout its cycle.
Charles Seymour Wright has written: 'Glaciology' -- subject(s): Glaciers
Helmuth Sandstrom has written: 'Geophysical methods in glaciology' -- subject(s): Physics Theses
M. V. Tronov has written: 'Ledniki i klimat' -- subject(s): Climatology, Glaciology
William E. Powers has written: 'Glaciation of the Grays Lake, Illinois, quadrangle' -- subject(s): Glaciology, Geology
Glaciology Meteorology Hydrology Hydro-geology Vulcanology Seismology.