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We are pleased to announce that the team of the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia (CSP) began cooperation with ING Hubs Poland last year. A group of CSP scientists and ING Hubs staff developed areas of potential cooperation in bilateral meetings, which currently include the topics of avalanche hazards and glacier monitoring.

The cooperation allows for the integration of the newest solutions related to machine learning and AI into the research process in the University of Silesia. For ING Hubs employees, this is an opportunity to develop and work on solving important research problems related to the ongoing climate change. The University also received, as a donation, IT equipment necessary for server development and analytical and teaching work.

The coordinator of the cooperation between the Center for Polar Studies and ING Hubs Poland is Beata Fojcik, MSc.

More information about the cooperation can be found on the ING Hubs Poland website.

We warmly invite you to participate in the scientific session: “High North and Far South from European and Regional Perspectives”, which will be held on 24th April 2024! 
Registration (only for on-site participation) is available at the link: https://polarknow.us.edu.pl/REG/
Participants will be able to use simultaneous translation into Polish (headphone system).

Online transmission will be also provided:

• PL: https://youtube.com/live/DMF9kCrEm3U?feature=share
• EN: https://youtube.com/live/PO8FD8mwpnk?feature=share

The event is organized by: Centre for Polar Studies, Polish Polar Consortium, European Polar Board and Polar Research Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The event is realized in the City-Region-Academy stream, within the celebration of the European City of Science Katowice 2024.
The event is co-financed by the Silesian Voivodeship – Co-organizer of the European City of Science Katowice 2024.

The Interdisciplinary Polar Studies 2023 (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting will be held in Svalbard (Longyearbyen, Hornsund and Isfjorden) between August 30 and September 4, 2023.

• IPS-2023 is open to ECRs & Svalbard research community and Arctic-related topics.
• To read more about the tentative programe and planned sessions, see the website https://www.polarknow.us.edu.pl/ips-2022/ and join our event on FB: https://fb.me/e/2ic1fhbo4.
• Submit your abstract through the form: https://forms.gle/g7rnQXXZ9WYE6rSq7
• The abstract extended deadline is April 14, 2023.
• To reduce the cost of participation in IPS-2023, we are planning travel grants support for ECRs, and we have booked a hotel in LYR at a special price!

We are looking forward to greeting you all in Svalbard!
IPS-2023 Team

We are delighted to announce an open call for IPS-2023 abstracts!

The Interdisciplinary Polar Studies 2023 (IPS-2023) Modular Meeting will be held at Svalbard in Longyearbyen, Hornsund and Isfjorden region between August 30 and September 4, 2023.
IPS-2023 is open to ECRs & Svalbard research community and Arctic-related topics.

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT THROUGH THE FORM https://forms.gle/g7rnQXXZ9WYE6rSq7
The abstract deadline is March 31st, 2023.

To read more about the IPS-2023 conference and field workshop, see the website here: https://www.polarknow.us.edu.pl/ips-2022/ and join our event on FB: https://fb.me/e/2ic1fhbo4
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions: polarknow@us.edu.pl

We hope to see you in Svalbard!
IPS-2023 Team

 
Interdisciplinary Polar Studies (IPS-2023)
Modular Meeting: Arctic Amplification-Glaciers-Environment

Granted by the Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Poland
(Program Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki / Doskonała Nauka DNK/SP/513817/2021)

SfM technique used: a) the location of individual film frames to the landform against the background of the point cloud, b) scaled point cloud of the kettle hole with land cover, c) a digital terrain model in 3D view, resolution 0.1 m × 0.1 m, vertical exaggeration 1.5, kettle hole diameter 12 m; author: J. Szafraniec

Examples of a kettle holes on Skeiðarársandur with different age and varying degrees of vegetation coverage (Photo: J. Szafraniec)

As part of the individual scientific activity of Dr Joanna E. Szafraniec and thanks to the support of the Center for Polar Studies, a research trip to Iceland took place at the end of June 2021, to the forefield of the Skeiðarárjökull glacier. The expedition aimed to set up a network of measuring points located in kettle holes. The local outwash plain is dotted with these landforms. They were formed after catastrophic glacial floods (jökulhlaup).

The results of the observations will be used to calculate the sedimentation rate and the role of plant succession in this process. Moreover, the research results will be used in the analysis of similar forms occurring in the Polish Lowlands. The established morphometric relations and the calculated sedimentation rate will allow us to determine the Polish landforms’ age and to present the scenario of Poland’s deglaciation at the end of the Pleistocene, i.e. under conditions of significant climate changes. The photogrammetric Structure from Motion (SfM) technique was also tested during the field studies to obtain a high-resolution digital elevation model of the tested landforms.

Filming permission courtesy of Vatnajökull National Park.