Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1117-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1117-2020
Data description paper
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13 May 2020
Data description paper |  | 13 May 2020

A digital archive of human activity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Adrian Howkins, Stephen M. Chignell, Poppie Gullett, Andrew G. Fountain, Melissa Brett, and Evelin Preciado

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A digital archive of human activity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica from 1902 to present Adrian Howkins, Stephen Chignell, Poppie Gullett, Andrew Fountain, Melissa Brett, and Evelin Preciado https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6744cb28a544fda827805db123d36557

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Historical data have much to offer current research activities and environmental management in Antarctica, but such information is often widely scattered and difficult to access. We addressed this need in the McMurdo Dry Valleys by compiling over 5000 historical photographs, maps, oral interviews, and other archival resources into a user-friendly digital archive. This can be used to identify benchmarks for understanding change over time, as well as the date and extent of past human activities.