![]() ![]() As such, over the past several years, small unoccupied aerial systems (sUAS)Small unoccupied aerial systems (sUAS) have become a viable data collection tool to address the challenges related to spaceborne or expensive airborne remote sensingRemote sensing for monitoringMonitoring the cryosphereCryosphere and polarPolar regions. Satellite Satellitesremote sensingRemote sensing has its own limitations related to low sun angles in high latitudes, high acquisition costs for high-resolution images, and persistent cloud cover over ice-dominated land and oceanOceans surfaces. Rapid ongoing changes in polarPolar and cryosphericCryosphere environments owing to contemporary climate changeClimate change have attracted more attention towards these regions than ever before. MonitoringMonitoring efforts for remote high-latitude and high-altitude glacierized regions heavily rely on remote sensingRemote sensing. This work investigates the use of UAVs in the monitoring of the glacial microtopography (including rifts and crevasses, surface subsidence, and melting ponds), ice surface landforms, atmosphere, flora and fauna, sea ice, subglacial environment, and other aspects of Antarctic glaciology investigation, and it speculates on their future use in multidisciplinary research. In this era of rapid global and regional climate change, it is becoming increasingly necessary to employ UAVs to investigate the finer changes in the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) and ice shelves. However, a thorough review that explicitly details the scientific progress and possibilities of using UAVs in Antarctic polar research is lacking. ![]() In recent years, a series of UAV-related studies on the cryosphere have been published. The equipped multisensors, flexible data collection and operation window, and high-spatiotemporal resolution all contribute to making UAVs the most powerful platform for cryospheric research. The development and testing of UAVs for use in polar environments mainly focus on enhancing UAV performance in extreme Antarctic conditions by improving their endurance, wind resistance, and aerial photography stability. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have helped to solve this issue because they can collect high-resolution spatiotemporal data and conduct operations in inaccessible locations at a low cost and with ease compared with in situ observation and conventional spaceborne and airborne remote sensing. Owing to the spatiotemporal limitations of existing datasets, budgetary constraints, logistical challenges, and adverse temperature and climatic conditions of Antarctica, researchers face great challenges. Antarctica has been significantly influenced by global climate change. ![]()
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