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A photographer filming a steaming Icelandic hot spring on a tripod

Imaging and Data

Cameras, drone, audio and the redundant storage that makes the archive defensible — every frame, reading and recording that becomes an entry.

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$24,380
Estimated cost
21%
Of the expedition target
2
Published needs

Why this line exists

The output has to survive scrutiny: a printed book, a guide and a public archive that other people will rely on to decide whether to walk somewhere hot enough to injure them. That means real cameras, a drone for site context, recorded interviews, position and temperature data, and backups made the same day so nothing from a field leg exists on a single disk.

When it is spent: Almost entirely pre-departure procurement, with consumables and data replaced during the season.

What it produces

  • →A consistent, high-resolution image set for every documented spring
  • →Recorded temperature and position data attached to each entry
  • →Interview audio behind the local stories and legends in the book

Inventory manifest

Every item bought, hired or paid for on this line, listed the way a field manifest lists it. Any single item can be sponsored on its own.

Manifest CAPTURE · Hot Springs expedition

Imaging and Data

Items

23

Stills and video bodies with lenses

$11,800

Drone and aerial capability

$4,200

Field audio for interviews

$2,100

Redundant storage and same-day backup

$3,900

Power, charging and connectivity

$2,380
Manifest total$24,380

Prices are current estimates in USD and are reconciled against real invoices once spent. Sponsoring an item credits the sponsor against that line; it never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding.

What a sponsor receives

  • Equipment credit in the book, the archive and every image caption set that used it
  • Behind-the-scenes capture footage for the sponsor's own channels, licence agreed in writing
  • Logo and link on the contributors page and the funding line page

Sponsorship never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding. Every credit is disclosed in the book, the archive and on the contributors page.

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If this line is only partly funded

Below full funding the drone and second body go first. The archive still ships, with fewer aerial context frames and no in-field redundancy for a camera failure.

Support in kind instead of cash

  • ·Camera bodies, lenses or a drone on loan for the season
  • ·Storage media, field drives or cloud backup capacity
  • ·Editing, colour or archive infrastructure support
Offer equipment or services

Questions sponsors ask

Answered the same way we answer them by email.

Is any of this resold afterwards?

Durable equipment stays with the project and is used for the waterfall and church expeditions. Sponsors are told which line their money bought.

Who owns the images?

The project. Sponsors receive agreed usage licences; they never receive editorial control.

Other funding lines

The full hot-spring expedition target of $115,960 is costed across five groups of published needs.

Vehicle, fuel and remote access

$32,760

Clothing and Safety Kit

$9,400

Permits, guides and Icelandic research

$17,720

Lodging and regional basecamps

$13,500

Printing and fulfilment

$18,200

Get the field dispatch

Short updates from the road while the survey is running: springs measured, access won or lost, weather, corrections and what the next leg costs. No selling, and you can leave at any time.

This survey runs on funded mileage.

Sponsors cover getting to sites, permissions and verified documentation. Editorial judgement and safety findings are never for sale.

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