Tracing the Mountain Huts: Pt. 2

Selected images

View across glacial valley with a pool and moss cover in the foreground and glacier, rubble, and moraine in the background.
View across a glacier forefield
Aerial view of glacier forefield with patterns of glacier river meanders visible in deposited material and plant growth
Aerial view of glacier forefield
A large boulder sites amongst loose rubble in glacial valley
Boulder deposited in glacial valley
Digital reconstruction of glacial erratic, 3D point cloud photogrammetric model from drone footage
Aerial view of glacier and valley
Aerial view of glacier and valley
Detail view of a granite boulder with standard rock colour chart placed on top
Studying rocks on site
View over moraine, reconstructing scenes from historical expeditions

About

This ongoing research examines the material, atmospheric, geological and ecological conditions on site — upon a glacier and in its forefield. The field work retraces the steps of historical expeditions carried out, that set early milestones and knowledge in the field of glaciology. Through archival work in-situ and in institutions, these histories are re-examined to understand the power relations and embedded ideas within in the knowledge collected, as well as the deep time knowledge and history embedded in the site itself. Elements of the site are studied, reconstructed, and traced through time.