Polish Polar Station, Hornsund ( Polish : Polska Stacja Polarna, Hornsund ) is at Isbjørnhamna in Hornsund , on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, operated since 1957.
14-665: 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
28-458: 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
42-603: 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
56-549: 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
70-595: The Polish Academy of Sciences in the 2023–2026 term. She specializes in the physicochemistry of metals and alloys, physical metallurgy and heat treatment, foundry engineering, and the practice and theory of metal composites. She earned her master's degree (with distinction) from the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in 1984, followed by her doctorate (PhD) from the same university in 1984. She earned her higher doctorate degree (DSc or "habilitation") in 2005 from
84-633: 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
98-567: 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: Natalia Sobczak Natalia Sobczak (born 21 April 1956 ) is a professor of materials engineering at the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Vice President of
112-763: The Foundry Institute in Kraków (in the Department of Physicochemistry of Metals and Alloys) from 2002 to 2007, with the Motor Transport Institute in Warsaw from 2007 to 2010, with the Foundry Institute in Kraków (this time in the Center for High-Temperature Research of Liquid Metals and Alloys) from 2007 to 2020, and with the Institute of Precision Mechanics in Warsaw. The positions, functions, and memberships she holds include
126-519: The Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2012, she received the title of Full Professor from the President of Poland . Since 2019, Sobczak has been working at the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where she is head of the Laboratory of Theory of Metallurgical Processes. She has been professionally affiliated with
140-463: 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
154-688: The Polish Academy of Sciences, as a candidate to become one of the academy's Vice Presidents. On 8 December, at a session of the General Assembly of the academy, she was elected to the office of Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences (together with three other Vice Presidents: Mirosława Ostrowska , Aleksander Welfe , and Dariusz Jemielniak . She has authored and co-authored more than 200 research articles, 38 book chapters, and nine books. She also holds 18 patents. Sobczak has received 37 national and international awards and honors, including five scientific journal awards for best publication of
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#1732848940343168-477: 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
182-563: The following: She has led and worked on dozens of research projects, including as PI for projects funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), UNIDO-UNDP (UN), NSF&NAS (US), the M. Skłodowska-Curie Polish-American Fund, and group projects of two COST Actions (EC) and working groups in three projects funded by the European Commission (FP7, H2020). On 22 November 2022 she was proposed by Marek Konarzewski , President-Elect of
196-475: 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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