TY - JOUR N2 - A section of a gravel−dominated coast in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard) was analysed to calculate the rate of shoreline changes and explain processes controlling coastal zone development over last 50 years. Between 1960 and 2011, coastal landscape of Isbjørnhamna experienced a significant shift from dominated by influence of tide−water glacier and protected by prolonged sea−ice conditions towards storm−affected and rapidly changing coast. Information derived from analyses of aerial images and geomorphological mapping shows that the Isbjørnhamna coastal zone is dominated by coastal erosion resulting in a shore area reduction of more than 31,600 m 2 . With ~3,500 m 2 of local aggradation, the general balance of changes in the study area of the shore is negative, and amounts to a loss of more than 28,000 m 2 . Mean shoreline change is −13.1 m (−0.26 m a −1 ). Erosional processes threaten the Polish Polar Station infrastructure and may damage of one of the storage buildings in nearby future. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/99617/PDF/10183_Volume36_Issue4_05_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/99617 PY - 2015 IS - No 4 EP - 390 DO - 10.1515/popore−2015−0019 KW - Tidewater glaciers KW - ice melting KW - passive acoustics KW - Spitsbergen KW - Hornsund A1 - Styszyńska, Anna A1 - Moskalik, Mateusz A1 - Zagórski, Piotr A1 - Rodzik, Jan A1 - Strzelecki, Mateusz C. A1 - Lim, Michael A1 - Błaszczyk, Małgorzata A1 - Promińska, Agnieszka A1 - Kruszewski, Grzegorz A1 - Malczewski, Artur PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research DA - 2015[2015.01.01 AD - 2015.12.31 AD] T1 - Multidecadal (1960–2011) shoreline changes in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard) SP - 369 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/99617 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -