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Photographs of the Glacier Cliffs in Hornsund Fjord

A set of photographs of the ice cliffs in Hornsund fjord taken at sea level, from the deck of the boat. Contains over 40 sets of images of Hansbreen and single sets of Hornbreen, Mendeleevbreen, Samarinbreen, Storbreen, Svalisbreen and also Vestre Torellbreen. In 2015 and 2016 images were captured while cruising along the ice cliff without the coordinates. In 2017 images were collected in locations with known coordinates (see added text files). Since July 2018 coordinates are embedded into the EXIF data. The folder name is the date of capture (YYYYMMDD).

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Field Value
GCMD keywords
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > FJORDS
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS > GLACIER TERMINUS
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS
Dataset Center https://dataportal.igf.edu.pl
Maintainer Data Steward
Dataset PI
  • PI name: Mateusz Moskalik  PI email: mmoskfoo(at)igf.edu.pl  PI ORCID: 0000-0002-0615-9528  PI Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences  PI Department: Polar and Marine Research
  • PI name: Oskar Głowacki  PI email: oglowackifoo(at)igf.edu.pl  PI Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences  PI Department: Polar and Marine Research
  • PI name: Bartłomiej Luks  PI email: luksfoo(at)igf.edu.pl  PI Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences  PI Department: Polar and Marine Research
Dataset Owner
  • Owner name: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences  Owner PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996625337  Owner address: Ksiecia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa, Poland
Licence Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Dataset status Complete
Activity type
  • in-situ measurements
  • photographs
  • long-term monitoring
Access constraint Open
Embargo
Dataset modified 2022-02-18
Version 1.0
Metadata created 2022-02-18
Quality statement Quality controlled by manual inspection
Quality Editor
  • Editor name: Bartłomiej Luks  Editor email: luksfoo(at)igf.edu.pl  Editor Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Spatial distribution { "coordinates": [ [ [ 14.24, 77.22 ], [ 16.83, 77.22 ], [ 16.83, 76.82 ], [ 14.24, 76.82 ], [ 14.24, 77.22 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }
Region Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Hornsund
Start time 2015-07-13 00:00 UTC
End time 2019-06-02 00:00 UTC
Dataset citation Moskalik M., Głowacki O., Luks B. Photographs of of the glacier cliffs in Hornsund Fjord.
Dataset DOI https://doi.org/
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Project
  • Project title: Long-term OceaNoGraphic monitoring in HORnsuNd region (LONGHORN)  Project ID: RiS-ID 11029  Project description: Long-term OceaNoGraphic monitoring in HORnsuNd region (LONGHORN) has been realized since 2015. It is a continuation of a previous project led by the Department of Polar and Marine Researchers Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (DPMR IG PAS). This monitoring has been implemented to benefit scientific communities interested in processes which undergo in fjords, especially on the border between marine, glacial and coastal environment. Still a little is known about those processes, even though they are causally related to the observed climate change. However, the analysis of those processes is very problematic. Lack of long-term datasets from fjords with glaciers is one of the relevant problems. Data are typically obtained during research cruises or short-time measurement campaigns, usually performed in spring and summer. The location of the Stanislaw Siedlecki Polish Polar Station (PPS) in Hornsund gives an opportunity to establish long-term all-year oceanographic monitoring. In Hornsund, two sets of oceanographic and associated photographic monitoring are in progress. The first set of oceanographic monitoring is executed by PPS staff. It includes: measurements of temperature, salinity, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen in-depth profiles in stations covering the whole Hornsund; analyses of suspended sediment concentration and loss on ignition from water samples taken in-depth profiles in Hansbukta (forefield of Hansbreen); analyses of sediment flux and loss on ignition from sediment traps deployed in Hansbukta (forefield of Hansbreen). The second set of oceanographic monitoring is realized via autonomous underwater buoys set up by DPMR IG PAS researchers. It includes: - temperature and salinity all-year registration in a selected location in Hornsund; wave and tide all-year registration in a selected location in Hornsund; - ambient noise acoustic all-year registration in Hansbukta (forefield of Hansbreen). Autonomous photographic monitoring is realized via cameras localized on Ariekammen, Fugleberget, Fannytoppen, Baranowskiodden, and Fuglebergsletta. They are used in the analysis of sea state and ice conditions in Isbjornhamna and Hansbukta.  Project homepage: https://www.researchinsvalbard.no/project/7620  Project financing institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences