Exploration
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Archaeology
Irene Bews
Each fire will visit sites of archaeological interest during the trekking phase. These are likely to be old Norse settlements, farmsteads etc. which were surveyed and photographed by the 1997 BSES expedition to this area. Re-survey and photography will be undertaken where possible, but there will be no excavation or damage to archaeological sites in the area.
GPS and GIS
Ellie Biggs
GPS (global positioning systems) will be used to track the fire(s) locations when trekking/conducting science research. Routes taken and the location of interesting attributes (e.g. Norse settlements, geological features etc.) can consequently be inputted into a GIS (geographic information system) and mapped using the recorded location coordinates. This will provide a detailed database of data collected in the field and also a comprehensive overview of which areas have been explored. Data will be processed to show the young explorers’ journeys in Google Earth, linking in photos and excerpts from field notebook/diary entries. Scientific data collected can be visulised in a GIS for use in the scientific report.
Repeat Photography
Andy Rockall
A series of photographs of landscape views taken on the 1997 BSES expedition to Tasermiut Fjord have been obtained and laminated. The aim of the project is to divide the photos between fires (based on approximate location) with a view to Young Explorers finding the exact location of the photo and re-taking it and recording GPS co-ordinates for future reference. Photos will then be superimposed upon each other to identify change over the 12 years.
The top photo was taken during the BSES Greenland 1997 expedition. The bottom photo was taken during the recce in May 2009.
The bottom photo shows the regression of the glacier snout. In 1997 the glacier virtually touched the water line, It is now 200 - 300 meters shorter.
