Unlocking archival maps of the Hornsund fjord area for monitoring glaciers of the Sørkapp Land peninsula, Svalbard

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: J. Dudek, M. Pętlicki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Hornsund; Svalbard; Sørkapp Land; glacier; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3869-2023; https://doaj.org/article/cde59d8bf00c49f3b37196d8fe6bc928

Archival maps are an important source of information on the state of glaciers in polar zones and are very often basic research data for analysing changes in glacier mass, extent, and geometry. However, basing a quantitative analysis on archival maps requires that they be standardised and precisely m...