Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard cont.

Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard cont.

Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard cont.

Glaciers and permafrost create freshwater flows on the Svalbard seafloor, changing water and sediment chemistry. Scientists showed how our frozen landscape affects the hidden world at the bottom of fjords filled with unique and rarely seen animals.
The presenters were Beata Szymczycha (Associate Professor at Polish Academy of Sciences), Wei Li Hong (Associate Professor at Stockholm University), Sophie ten Hietbrink (PhD candidate at Stockholm University) and Arunima Sen (Associate Professor at UNIS).


Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard.

Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard.

Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard.

We kindly invite you to the open meeting of the ArcticSGd project on

‘The hidden freshwater of Svalbard fjords’.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday 24.01.2024 at the Tio Monchos/ Kulturhuset in Longyearbyen (Svalbard), starting from 19:00.

Below you will find a few words from the initiator of the event, Dr. Arunima Sen.


Dr. Magdalena Diak’s publication

Dr. Magdalena Diak’s publication

Dr. Magdalena Diak’s publication

Magdalena Diak, Michael Ernst Böttcher, Cátia Milene Ehlert von Ahn, Wei-Li Hong, Monika Kędra, Lech Kotwicki, Katarzyna Koziorowska-Makuch, Karol Kuliński, Aivo Lepland, Przemysław Makuch, Arunima Sen, Aleksandra Winogradow, Marc Jürgen Silberberger and Beata Szymczycha published an article in Frontiers in Earth Science.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1254309/full


„Let’s talk about Arctic” cont.

„Let’s talk about Arctic” cont.

„Let’s talk about Arctic” cont.

On December 1, 2023, we had an Arctic meeting entitled “Let’s talk about the Arctic”, during which we had the opportunity to listen to interesting lectures prepared by employees from the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Photo: Izabela Kotyńska-Zielińska).

Event schedule:

Beata Szymczycha welcomes guests and starts the meeting.

Dagmara Bożek “History of women in polar expeditions”.

  • Presentation of the Polarniczki project.
  • Screening of the trailer for the documentary film “Polar Girls” directed by Kuba Witek.
  • Presentation of several female polar explorers – important for the history of women in the polar regions.

Karol Kuliński “The impact of climate change on the Arctic.”

  • Global climate change.
  • Climate change in the Arctic.
  • Impact of melting glaciers and permafrost on the Arctic.

Ewa Korejwo “Research expedition of the Mosaic project (Multidisciplinary Drift Observatory for the Study of the Arctic Climate).”

  • The purpose of the MOSAiC expedition – what were the reasons for organizing the expedition.
  • Akademik Fedorov – help for Polarstern, life on the ship.
  • Field work – MOSAiC school.

Beata Szymczycha “Fresh water hidden under the sea.”

  • Freshwater hidden under the seas and oceans
  • What is the importance of incoming groundwater for seas and oceans?
  • Incoming groundwater and climate change in the Arctic.

Agata Zaborska “Delivery of pollutants to the sea from melting glaciers.”

  • Where and what kind of pollutants get into the Arctic?
  • Cryoconites in the polar regions and their role in the accumulation of atmospheric pollutants.
  • The impact of melting glaciers on the supply of pollutants.

Panel Discussion 45 min. Discussion panel and conversation with Kajetan Deja about the photo exhibition.

Expedition to Gulf of Finland

Expedition to Gulf of Finland

Expedition to Gulf of Finland

In August 2023, we went on a cruise to the Gulf of Finland. The surveys were carried out by the Estonian multipurpose vessel EVA 316. We investigated the seafloor of the Gulf of Finland by remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Beata Szymczycha, Przemysław Makuch and Aivo Lepland collected water, sediment and manganese concretions.