Glaciers reflect our past and reveal our future. This short film overlays imagery from the archives of the National Land Survey of Iceland with current day footage of six outlet glaciers in the Hornafjörður region of Southeast Iceland to reveal the breathtaking story of a rapidly disappearing frozen world.
Glaciers reflect our past and reveal our future. This short film overlays imagery from the archives of the National Land Survey of Iceland with current day footage of six outlet glaciers in the Hornafjörður region of Southeast Iceland to reveal the breathtaking story of a rapidly disappearing frozen world. :: Sources and further reading below :: Directed by Kieran Baxter Written & narrated by M Jackson Produced by Þorvarður Árnason & Kieran Baxter Historical imagery based on aerial photography from Nation Land Survey of Iceland with additional photography by Colin Baxter Drone filming in Vatnajökull National Park carried out under special permit Drone filming, 3D compositing & editing by Kieran Baxter Additional drone & ice cave filming by Þorvarður Árnason Additional drone filming by Ólafur Rögnvaldsson Sound engineering by Alex Marquez Narration recorded at Ancora Publishing Music by Hugar: ‘Órói’ - ‘Úti’ - ‘Aftur í Tíma’ Bergur Þórisson & Pétur Jónsson © Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd. Courtesy of Edition Wilhelm Hansen Sponsored by: Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources Icelandic Glaciers – a natural laboratory to study climate change Landsbankinn Community Fund Thanks to: 3DVisLab, DJCAD, University of Dundee • University of Iceland's Research Centre in Hornafjörður • Vatnajökull National Park • Icelandic Transport Authority • Icelandic Meteorological Office • Icelandic Glaciological Society • South East Iceland Nature Research Center • Glacierworld, Hoffell • Sjónhending • IceGuide • Glacier Adventure • Glacier Trips • Stepman • Gale Force North • Heading North Special thanks: Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir • Óskar Arason • Helga Árnadóttir • Joaquín Belart • Kieran Duncan • Eyjólfur Guðmundsson • Snævarr Guðmundsson • Hrafnhildur Hannesdóttir • Steinunn Hödd Harðardóttir • Kristín Hermannsdóttir • Tómas Jóhannesson • Eyjólfur Magnússon • Gunnlaugur Þór Pálsson • Chris Rowland • Martin Schuhmacher • Matt Sprick • Alice Watterson • Þrúðmar Þrúðmarsson Copyright © 2021 climatevis.com/after-ice Sources and further reading: Historical aerial photographs are free to access from the National Land Survey of Iceland: https://www.lmi.is/is/vefsjar/kortasjar/loftmyndasafn-1 Measurements of glacier termini in Iceland are recorded and published by the Glaciological Society of Iceland: http://spordakost.jorfi.is/ Almost half of the total ice mass lost in Iceland in the last 130 years has occurred since the mid 1990s: doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.523646 The overwhelming scientific consensus is that recent climate warming trends are due to human activity: climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus