@article{5d75e9099b614ebca22f75db8d8f6cfa,
title = "{\textquoteleft}Boundary{\textquoteright}: mapping and visualizing climatically changed landscapes at Kaskawulsh Glacier and Kluane Lake, Yukon",
abstract = "This paper describes a collaboration between a visual artist and geoscientists, who together viewed the same rugged, high mountain landscape through different, yet complementary, lenses. We pair scientific mapping and historic comparative photography with a series of site-specific sculptural installations to interpret the dramatic geological changes that occurred at Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, in the spring of 2016. In the summer of that year, artist K.A. Colorado accompanied geoscientists D.H. Shugar, J.J. Clague, and J.L. Best to the terminus of Kaskawulsh Glacier, as well as Kluane Lake downstream of the glacier, to document the landscape changes that occurred earlier in the year. The Boundary images were created as on-site, three-dimensional, artistic interpretations of the markedly changed boundaries that occurred as a result of climate-induced glacier retreat and the sudden subcontinental-scale reorganization of drainage. Both the scientific study conducted by the geomorphologists and the art installations created by the artist were performed simultaneously. The Boundary installation art project, together with satellite imagery and historical photographs, conveys the death of Slims River as a result of climate change.",
keywords = "Climate change, boundary, glacier, mountain, river piracy, sculpture",
author = "Shugar, {D. H.} and Colorado, {K. A.} and Clague, {J. J.} and Willis, {M. J.} and Best, {J. L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Financial support for the fieldwork and data analysis was provided by Parks Canada, Yukon Geological Survey, University of Washington (Royalty Research Fund award A106655), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Discovery Grant award 24595), and the Jack and Richard Threet Chair in Sedimentary Geology at the University of Illinois. Geospatial support for this work was provided by the Polar Geospatial Center (Office of Polar Programs) under NSF PLR awards 1043681 and 1559691. We thank Sian Williams and Lance Goodwin for providing accommodation and meals at the Kluane Lake Research Station (Arctic Institute of North America field station). Lance Goodwin, Mike Schmidt (Arctic Institute of North America), and Christian Schoof (UBC) provided useful insights and photographs from the spring of 2016, and Nick Roberts, Kristen Kennedy, Heather Rawley, and Panya Lipovsky assisted with fieldwork. Trans North Helicopters flew us to and from the terminus of Kaskawulsh Glacier. The DigitalGlobe Foundation provided high-resolution optical satellite data. We thank the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Computing group for providing computational resources that have contributed to these research results. We thank Gillen D?Arcy Wood for discussions regarding volcanic eruptions and cloudscapes, Simon Cook and Julian Ruddock for their constructive feedback on the paper, and guest editors Stephen Tooth, Flora Parrott, Heather Viles and Mike Smith for putting together what promises to be an exciting issue of the Journal of Maps. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Journal of Maps.",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1080/17445647.2018.1467349",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "19--30",
journal = "Journal of Maps",
issn = "1744-5647",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "3",
}