Polish Polar Station, Hornsund ( Polish : Polska Stacja Polarna, Hornsund ) is at Isbjørnhamna in Hornsund , on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, operated since 1957.
15-693: The station was erected in July 1957 by the Polish Academy of Sciences Expedition within the framework of the International Geophysical Year. The expedition was led by Stanislaw Siedlecki , geologist, explorer and climber, a veteran of Polish Arctic expeditions in the 1930s (including the first traverse of West Spitsbergen island). A reconnaissance group searching the area for the future station site had been working in Hornsund in
30-934: A leading role in the development and implementation of the SatBaltic System for Satellite Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Environment. Since 2015, she has been the coordinator of the SatBaltic Science Consortium, an interdisciplinary research team aimed at developing methods for studying and monitoring the Baltic Sea ecosystem. She is the Chair of the Steering Committee of the Electronic Center for Oceanographic Data Sharing project eCUDO.pl implemented by
45-462: A million years into the future, about the current state of knowledge in such areas as geology, biology, and technology. Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( Polish : Polska Akademia Nauk , PAN ) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning . Headquartered in Warsaw , it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by
60-487: A partnership of seven Polish scientific institutions with oceanographic data sets. She coordinates long-term activities aimed at the creation of the Polish Oceanographic Database and its integration into international structures. She has participated in numerous national and international marine and ocean research cruises, and has organized periodic scientific conferences. On 22 November 2022 she
75-614: A society of distinguished scholars and a network of research institutes. It was established in 1951, during the early period of the Polish People's Republic following World War II . The Polish Academy of Sciences is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning , headquartered in Warsaw , that was established by the merger of earlier science societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning ( Polska Akademia Umiejętności , abbreviated PAU ), with its seat in Kraków , and
90-553: A third of the Polish government's budget for science. The Polish Academy of Sciences is led by a President, elected by the assembly of Academy members for a four-year term, together with a number of Vice Presidents. The President for the 2019–2022 term was Jerzy Duszyński (his second term in the post), together with five Vice Presidents: Stanisław Czuczwar , Stanisław Filipowicz , Paweł Rowiński , Roman Słowiński , and Romuald Zabielski . On 20 October 2022, General Assembly of
105-645: The Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Science), which had been founded in the late 18th century. The Polish Academy of Sciences functions as a learned society acting through an elected assembly of leading scholars and research institutions. The Academy has also, operating through its committees, become a major scientific advisory body. Another aspect of the Academy is its coordination and overseeing of numerous (several dozen) research institutes . PAN institutes employ over 2,000 people and are funded by about
120-624: The 2023–2026 term. Within the field of oceanology, her research work focuses on the physics and optics of the sea and on modeling the environmental conditions of fluorescence and photosynthesis in the sea as indicators of changes in the environment. She has been a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 1999. She graduated with a degree in telecommunications from the Gdańsk University of Technology in 1985. She earned her doctorate in oceanology (specifically in
135-534: The Academy for the 2023–2026 term. All the Presidents of the Polish Academy of Sciences to date, by term, are as follows: The Polish Academy of Sciences has numerous institutes, including: Miros%C5%82awa Ostrowska Mirosława Małgorzata Ostrowska (born 26 June 1969 ) is a professor at the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences , and Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in
150-470: The Polish Academy of Sciences elected Marek Konarzewski to become the new President of the Academy for the 2023–2026 term. On 8 December 2022, another session of General Assembly of the Academy elected four Vice Presidents at the recommendation of the President Elect; as such Mirosława Ostrowska , Natalia Sobczak , and Dariusz Jemielniak , and Aleksander Welfe were elected as Vice Presidents of
165-752: The Polish Academy of Sciences, where she was a member of the presidium from 2016 to 2020. She is also an expert of the Remote Sensing Section of the Committee on Space and Satellite Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2019) and a member of the presidium and chairwoman of the Marine Section of the Space Science Committee of the Gdańsk Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 2016). She has played
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#1732773353405180-849: The beginning of her scientific career, she has been employed at the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences . There she has headed the Marine Biophysics Laboratory since 2015. She has served on the Research Council of the institute, and on the Presidium of the PAS Committee on Maritime Research. Since 2016, she has also been the chairwoman of the Marine Physics Section of the Marine Research Committee of
195-477: The entrance to Hornsund fjord, on its northern shore, at Isbjørnhamna on a flat marine terrace, 10 m above sea level. Current full-year research: In summers and winters, the station functions as a base for research on geology , geodesics , geomorphology , glaciology, oceanology and biology . On September 17, 2017, near the station, scientific researchers buried a 60-centimeter stainless steel tube containing samples designed to tell finders as long as half
210-468: The physics of the sea and optics of the sea and atmosphere) from the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences in 2000, with a dissertation entitled "Using Fluorescence Methods for Photosynthesis Investigation in the Sea). She then earned her higher doctorate (DSc or "habilitation") at the same Institute in 2013, in recognition of work on the fluorescence of phytoplankton in the seas and oceans. Since
225-538: The previous summer, and selected the flat marine terrace in Isbjørnhamna. The research station was constructed during three summer months in 1957. The station was modernized in 1978, in order to resume a year-round activity. Since then, the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences has been responsible for organising year-round and seasonal research expeditions to the station. South Spitsbergen , near
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