Presenting the first map of the Tirpitz salvage site
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.
This pioneering image map of the German battleship Tirpitz's salvage site was presented at Arctic Frontiers 2024.
Natural colour orthoimage image (extract) from aerial surveys on 28 March 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. Interestingly, the images were taken through the water from an aerial robot, with underwater robots identifying different items. Image acquisition: Markus Dreyer, aerial images; Marin Bjørndahl, supporting underwater images, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Image processing: Dr Olga Tutubalina and Prof Gareth Rees, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.
The Tirpitz Site Project is a joint research endeavour between UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute.
