Will Harcourt
@willharcourt.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Fellow at the University of Aberdeen.
Digital twinning of the cryosphere.
Earth Observation 🛰️, Glaciology 🧊, and Artificial Intelligence 🖥️.
Digital twinning of the cryosphere.
Earth Observation 🛰️, Glaciology 🧊, and Artificial Intelligence 🖥️.
Some downtime to enjoy the snow - Longyearbreen behind!
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Some downtime to enjoy the snow - Longyearbreen behind!
Back in the frozen north - Svalbard with more than a sprinkling of snow!
October 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Back in the frozen north - Svalbard with more than a sprinkling of snow!
We have a new paper out! Work with @leighstearns.bsky.social, @laserglaciers.bsky.social, and Sid Shankar studying the potential of new ICEYE SAR satellite imagery to study the dynamic behaviour of ice mélange around the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mtc94juu
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mtc94juu
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have a new paper out! Work with @leighstearns.bsky.social, @laserglaciers.bsky.social, and Sid Shankar studying the potential of new ICEYE SAR satellite imagery to study the dynamic behaviour of ice mélange around the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mtc94juu
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mtc94juu
A challenging field season this year, with some unprecedented issues with the local gasoline supply (lnss.no/oppdatering-...)!
Nonetheless, we still managed to continue our monitoring of Borebreen's surge, which is currently advancing through the fjord and showing no signs of stopping...
Nonetheless, we still managed to continue our monitoring of Borebreen's surge, which is currently advancing through the fjord and showing no signs of stopping...
August 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A challenging field season this year, with some unprecedented issues with the local gasoline supply (lnss.no/oppdatering-...)!
Nonetheless, we still managed to continue our monitoring of Borebreen's surge, which is currently advancing through the fjord and showing no signs of stopping...
Nonetheless, we still managed to continue our monitoring of Borebreen's surge, which is currently advancing through the fjord and showing no signs of stopping...
Back in my favourite place, Svalbard!
August 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Back in my favourite place, Svalbard!
🧊 Linking small- and large-scale Digital Twins: A concept
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🧊 Linking small- and large-scale Digital Twins: A concept
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social
🧊 Leveraging Self-Supervised Learning for Sea Ice Segmentation in the Arctic to Reduce on Labelling
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Hall X4, X4.8
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Jacob Seston, Me, et al.
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Hall X4, X4.8
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Jacob Seston, Me, et al.
April 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🧊 Leveraging Self-Supervised Learning for Sea Ice Segmentation in the Arctic to Reduce on Labelling
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Hall X4, X4.8
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Jacob Seston, Me, et al.
📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 14:00–15:45 (CEST), Hall X4, X4.8
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
✍ Authors: Jacob Seston, Me, et al.
🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow
📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Authors: Me, Wojciech Gajek, @dannipearce.bsky.social et al.
📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Authors: Me, Wojciech Gajek, @dannipearce.bsky.social et al.
April 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🧊 The distribution of glacier surge behaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow
📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Authors: Me, Wojciech Gajek, @dannipearce.bsky.social et al.
📅 Poster | Monday, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.125
📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Authors: Me, Wojciech Gajek, @dannipearce.bsky.social et al.
March 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Running along the beach in Aberdeen this morning with the wind and rain battering down.
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I must say I kind of enjoy it!
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I must say I kind of enjoy it!
February 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Running along the beach in Aberdeen this morning with the wind and rain battering down.
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I must say I kind of enjoy it!
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I must say I kind of enjoy it!
We are at the ESA Digital Twin workshop - great to be a part of the Destination Earth initiative!
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We are at the ESA Digital Twin workshop - great to be a part of the Destination Earth initiative!
Matteo Spagnolo gives an address at the launch of the @scotsages.bsky.social Climate Podcast!
January 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Matteo Spagnolo gives an address at the launch of the @scotsages.bsky.social Climate Podcast!
Our PhD student Steven Wallace presented a great paper on crevasse segmentation using SAM at the Northern Lights Deep Learning (NLDL) conference
"Exploring Segment Anything Foundation Models for Out of
Domain Crevasse Drone Image Segmentation"
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=CGkyj...
"Exploring Segment Anything Foundation Models for Out of
Domain Crevasse Drone Image Segmentation"
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=CGkyj...
January 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our PhD student Steven Wallace presented a great paper on crevasse segmentation using SAM at the Northern Lights Deep Learning (NLDL) conference
"Exploring Segment Anything Foundation Models for Out of
Domain Crevasse Drone Image Segmentation"
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=CGkyj...
"Exploring Segment Anything Foundation Models for Out of
Domain Crevasse Drone Image Segmentation"
Paper: openreview.net/pdf?id=CGkyj...
Crisp winters morning here in Aberdeen; the old campus is looking stunning in the dim light!
January 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Crisp winters morning here in Aberdeen; the old campus is looking stunning in the dim light!
Snow has made its way to Aberdeen. Cycling was interesting this morning...
November 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Snow has made its way to Aberdeen. Cycling was interesting this morning...
Very excited to see so many new folk in BlueSky!
To reintroduce myself: I love glaciers, digital twins, the Arctic, and satellites!
You will find me in Aberdeen most of the year, then quite often Svalbard in spring/summer.
Happy to meet new and old friends here!
To reintroduce myself: I love glaciers, digital twins, the Arctic, and satellites!
You will find me in Aberdeen most of the year, then quite often Svalbard in spring/summer.
Happy to meet new and old friends here!
November 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Very excited to see so many new folk in BlueSky!
To reintroduce myself: I love glaciers, digital twins, the Arctic, and satellites!
You will find me in Aberdeen most of the year, then quite often Svalbard in spring/summer.
Happy to meet new and old friends here!
To reintroduce myself: I love glaciers, digital twins, the Arctic, and satellites!
You will find me in Aberdeen most of the year, then quite often Svalbard in spring/summer.
Happy to meet new and old friends here!
We are advertising for a 12-month Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) to work on the development of a digital twin of Svalbard's cryosphere. This is part of ESA's Destination Earth (DestinE).
Details: abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Please get in touch if you're interested!
Details: abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Please get in touch if you're interested!
October 28, 2024 at 2:54 PM
We are advertising for a 12-month Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) to work on the development of a digital twin of Svalbard's cryosphere. This is part of ESA's Destination Earth (DestinE).
Details: abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Please get in touch if you're interested!
Details: abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Please get in touch if you're interested!
Myself and Aiden Durrant had a great time visiting @3dgeohd.bsky.social @bernhardhofle.bsky.social discussing digital twins, TLS, points clouds and new applications of AI.
Exciting work to come!
Exciting work to come!
October 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Myself and Aiden Durrant had a great time visiting @3dgeohd.bsky.social @bernhardhofle.bsky.social discussing digital twins, TLS, points clouds and new applications of AI.
Exciting work to come!
Exciting work to come!
Having some fun recording a podcast today!
October 3, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Having some fun recording a podcast today!
And now I see you :P
August 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM
And now I see you :P
I am stalking you on Marine Traffic!
August 11, 2024 at 11:01 AM
I am stalking you on Marine Traffic!
I’ll wave as you sail past a sunny Longyearbyen!
August 9, 2024 at 2:23 PM
I’ll wave as you sail past a sunny Longyearbyen!
I thought we were moving in shorts weather season, I guess Aberdeen had other ideas...
May 13, 2024 at 9:22 AM
I thought we were moving in shorts weather season, I guess Aberdeen had other ideas...
Fieldwork in Svalbard this week was thrilling- we are working on the actively surging Borebreen!
April 13, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Fieldwork in Svalbard this week was thrilling- we are working on the actively surging Borebreen!
9 days of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) are over - a great time discussing Arctic science and organising various events.
Now, it’s time to rest up before embarking on another trip to the Arctic in a week…
Now, it’s time to rest up before embarking on another trip to the Arctic in a week…
March 29, 2024 at 4:43 PM
9 days of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) are over - a great time discussing Arctic science and organising various events.
Now, it’s time to rest up before embarking on another trip to the Arctic in a week…
Now, it’s time to rest up before embarking on another trip to the Arctic in a week…