Project Background:
Tuyuksu Glacier in Kazakhstan's Malaya Almatinka River is a crucial freshwater source, yet melting rapidly at 3,450m above sea level. Since 1958, it's lost about 57 million m³ of ice due to avg. 2°C annual mountain temperature rise.
On August 22, 2024, Tuyuksu Glacier welcomed a team of glacier scientific expedition personnel - our users in Kazakhstan. Their purpose of coming this time was to use drones to repeatedly survey and evaluate the melting of ice on the glacier, and to use SOUTH RTK receivers for GPS measurements, to estimate the error of the melting ice layer by establishing digital terrain models for multiple periods.
Practical evidence has shown that SOUTH RTK has demonstrated remarkable resilience in Kazakhstan's high-altitude and extreme environments, functioning seamlessly as usual.
Thanks to the image provided by Daniyar Musirov.
