cryology

Its objective is to improve the understanding of coastal dynamics as a function of environmental forcing (including climate change), coastal geology and cryology, and changes in landforms (Fig. 16.13).

Coastal environment and infrastructure in the Arctic 2009

Prior to the 1980s and all the debate about AGW on politicization of climatology and cryology things like studying ice were a real backwater.

Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves « Climate Audit 2007