In this edition of The Debrief, we meet a team of intrepid scientists as they set sail for Antarctica on a mission to reopen the Dobrowolski research station, which was abandoned four decades ago...
Last used by Polish scientists in 1979, a team of four scientists from the Institute of Geophysics at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw will set out from the German port of Bremerhaven on the 10th of November on a two-month journey to reach the station by boat.
The new research facility will feature a cutting-edge design tough enough to withstand the elements.
Former soldier-turned businessman Jacek Libucha who now joins an elite group of adventurers, said he set off on his epic 1,140km voyage to fulfil a dream and honour his father.
The reconstructed H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station is expected to start operation in 2023, Agnieszka Kruszewska from the Institute of Biophysics and Biochemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBB PAN), the station's managing institution, has told PAP.
The new station on Antarctica will resist the elements but also foster the wellbeing of its residents.
One of the pioneers of Polar research, Poland’s strategically located new snow base will carry out important scientific research in the field of oceanography, climatology, microbiology, genetics, biology, to monitor and limit changes in the delicate ecosystem there.
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