Abstract The papers in this volume are the outcome of a Geological Society (London) meeting concerning glacier-influenced sedimentation on high-latitude continental margins, held at the University of Bristol, UK, in 2001. Since the publication of the Geological Society Special Publication Glacimarine Environments: Processes and Sediments (Dowdeswell & Scourse 1990), the intervening 11 years have seen a significant increase in research into the processes and patterns of glacimarine sedimentation, and the relationship between ice dynamics and the sediments and landforms preserved in the glacimarine environment. In this introduction, we outline the papers that make up the volume and we highlight the main findings and significance of each. First, however, we highlight three areas relating to sedimentation in glacimarine environments where we believe significant progress has been made in the last 11 years. These are: (1) glacially-influenced continental slope sedimentation; (2) iceberg-rafting processes and events; and (3) reconstructing the dynamics of former marineterminating ice sheets from glacial geomorphological evidence on continental shelves. Each of these areas is represented by papers in this volume.