Here you’ll find links to articles that have something to do with the Foundation. Some of them are ours, some other we co-authored, several were inspired by the Foundation’s activity and a few were based on samples we’d collected. The articles differ in terms of subject matter, target audience and the level of complexity, so everyone is sure to find a piece to suite their taste.
Sørkapp Marine Litter Cleanup for beginners
Have you ever heard of Zew Północy (or Call of the North) – a Polish magazine whose every single issue bursts at the seams with all things Scandinavian? If you haven’t, you’ve got some serious catching up to do, especially that the November issue (#35, 2019) features a neat article
A glacier through a chemist’s lens
In the article entitled “Chemical denudation and the role of sulfide oxidation at Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard”, written by Łukasz Stachnik, Elżbieta Majchrowska (now Łepkowska), Jacob C. Yde, Adam Nawrot, Katarzyna Cichała-Kamrowska, Dariusz Ignatiuk and Agnieszka Piechota, you can read about several different processes taking place in proglacial waters (that is, waters coming
Dark clouds over Hans
Polar Science (vol. 10, 2016, pp. 249-261) published an article by Adam Nawrot, Krzysztof Migała, Bartłomiej Luks, Paulina Pakszys and Piotr Głowacki, entitled “Chemistry of snow cover and acidic snowfall during a season with a high level of air pollution on the Hans Glacier, Spitsbergen”. The article looks at an
What lurks among goose feathers
In March 2016, an article by Maciej Skoracki and Krzysztof Zawierucha, entitled “Chenophila nanseni sp. n. (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising the barnacle goose in Svalbard”, was published in Polish Polar Research (vol. 37, no. 1, 2016). We too have made a modest contribution to the creation of this paper! The new
Hornsund – a patch of Poland in the Arctic
Zew Północy Magazine (#21, 2015) published a series of texts about Poles in the Arctic. On pages 4–6, you can read what Adam Nawrot from the forScience Foundation had to say about Polish polar pioneers and the history of the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, Svalbard. In his article, you
Polar4Space in Zew Północy Magazine
In its 20th issue (2015), on page 2, Zew Północy Magazine published a brief note summarizing Polar4Space conference, organized earlier in the year by the forScience Foundation. Unfortunately, Zew Północy Magazine (Polish for The Call of the North) is only available in Polish. To find out more about the conference, click