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HarSval – new project of the Centre for Polar Studies

At the beginning of March 2024, a large predefined bilateral project entitled ‘HarSval Bilateral initiative aiming at Harmonization of the Svalbard cooperation’ begins. The project was initiated by the Polish Polar Consortium. The cooperation efforts involve 11 partners from Poland and 14 partners from Norway. The leader of the initiative is Dariusz Ignatiuk, PhD from...

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The Hans Glacier is a unique object | Research by Michał Laska, PhD

| Małgorzata Kłoskowicz | Although it has been studied for more than 50 years, it still holds many secrets. Scientists, conducting field measurements, collected various information about the over 600-year-old mass of ice. On this basis, they performed geomorphological, hydrological and glaciological analyses. However, much of this data was unavailable due to the lack of...

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USil researchers are the co-authors of a report on the state of the Arctic

The Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) has published a report on the current state of knowledge on key parameters of the Arctic environment. This is the fifth edition of the annual series of State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) reports, which provide an important platform of knowledge needed for sustainable development and...

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58th Polar Expedition to Spitsbergen – Photo report

In August 2022, members of the 58th polar expedition of the University of Silesia to Spitsbergen (Svalbard) returned to Poland. The expedition was the next step in a series of field research on changes in the Arctic’s environment due to accelerated climate warming. Quantitative monitoring and observations of glacier changes in southern Spitsbergen are the...

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58th UŚ Polar Expedition to Spitsbergen starts!

On 20 July 2022, the 58th polar expedition of the University of Silesia set off to Spitsbergen (Svalbard). A team consisting of: Michał Ciepły, PhD; Prof. Jacek Jania; Aleksandra Osika, MSc; and Dawid Saferna, MSc will continue the long-term monitoring of the disappearance of glaciers in the area of the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund...

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