Four researchers from the University of Silesia set off for Spitsbergen. Dr Michał Ciepły, Prof. Jacek Jania, Aleksandra Osika and Dawid Saferna will continue the long-term monitoring of the disappearance of glaciers in the area of the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund due to the intense warming of the Arctic climate.

Scientists will also study the reconstruction of glacier ranges in the warm periods of the recent past (the Holocene – the last over 11,000 years). The results of the project will help to better forecast the effects of warming in southern Spitsbergen.

An important task of the expedition is reconnaissance research and meetings with representatives of Norwegian institutions in order to prepare next year’s international field workshops, carried out under the project “Interdisciplinary Polar Studies (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting: Arctic Amplification-Glaciers-Environment”. The project is carried out under the “Excellent Science” program of the Ministry of Education and Science.

More: https://us.edu.pl/rusza-58-wyprawa-polarna-us-na-spitsbergen/