Selected examples of photos obtained by the automatic camera CAM12 and CAM23 since May 2000

A project funded by the University Courses on Svalbard (UNIS) 2000-2005.

This series of photos was selected from a larger database containing daily exposures. The direction of viewing is towards SSW. The ca. 4.5 km long glacier Longyearbreen is seen in the central part of the picture,  flowing towards NE. The debris covered lower part of the glacier terminates at about 180 m asl., while the mountain Hiertafjellet rises to 877 m asl. in the central background. Part of the accumulation area of Larsbreen (CAM19) is seen in the upper left corner of the picture. CAM12 was replaced August 2002 by CAM23 for service after more than two years of flawless operation.

This series of photos makes a monitoring feasible of various terrain characteristics such as, e.g., the daily distribution of snow on the glacier, release and transport of supraglacial debris, avalanche activity on the surrounding slopes, etc.

Date of exposure is given below each photo. All photos are displayed in reduced resolution compared to the original exposure.

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