Arctic Legacy of War

ARCTIC LOW

Arctic Frontiers 2024

The Arctic LOW Tirpitz Site Project presented the project, its initial results and discussed plans for the future at this year´s Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromsø. This major international forum provided an opportunity to highlight the project and its relationship to related issues of the legacy of war in the Arctic and globally. 

 

 
Natural colour orthoimage image (extract) from aerial surveys on 28.03.2023 using a Phantom 4 UAV with a multispectral imager. The orthoimage, with a spatial resolution of 2.5 cm, will be used for a bathymetric map to accurately estimate the area covered by the Tirpitz debris. Image processing: Dr Olga Tutubalina and Prof Gareth Rees (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge). Image acquisition: Markus Dreyer, aerial images; Marin Bjørndahl, supporting underwater images (UiT The Arctic University of Norway). Foto: xxx

A pioneering image map of the German battleship Tirpitz's salvage site will be presented at this year's Arctic Frontiers. The image map results from cooperation between UiT Norway's Arctic University and Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Interestingly, the images are taken through the water from an aerial drone, with an underwater drone identifying different items.