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.
Directed by Kieran Baxter
Written & narrated by M Jackson
Produced by Þorvarður Árnason & Kieran Baxter
Historical imagery based on aerial photography from
National 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 and 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 • Liell Plane • Chris Rowland • Martin Schuhmacher • Matt Sprick • Alice Watterson • Þrúðmar Þrúðmarsson
Copyright © 2021
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Download images and video clips from the film project - free to use with credit
Sources and further reading:
Historical aerial photographs are free to access from the National Land Survey of Iceland: lmi.is/is/vefsjar/kortasjar/loftmyndasafn-1
Measurements of glacier termini in Iceland are recorded and published by the Glaciological Society of Iceland: 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
Above: 3D montage view of Heinabergsjökull, Southeast Iceland, derived from aerial photographs from the National Land Survey of Iceland, 1982, compared with aerial photography taken in 2018.
Below: Drone filming in Vatnajökull National Park carried out under special permit
