“…Changes in length, area, volume or mass were determined only for fraction of the local glaciers, and the AP is ranked among poorly sampled regions (Mernild and others, 2013; Zemp and others, 2015). Most regional studies of glacier volume/mass changes have used topographic elevation data derived from stereoscopic aerial photographs (Rivera and others, 2005b; Molina and others, 2007; Engel and others, 2012; Kunz and others, 2012; Osmanoğlu and others, 2014; Pętlicki and others, 2017) and satellite imagery (Rückamp and others, 2011; Davies and others, 2012; da Rosa and others, 2015; Fieber and others, 2018), both of which have limited vertical resolution and time coverage. Since the beginning of 21st century, in situ glaciological monitoring programmes have been initiated to determine the mass balance of small ice caps and glaciers around the AP.…”