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Polish Polar Research

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The quarterly Polish Polar Research edited by the Committee on Polar Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences is an international journal publishing original research articles presenting the results of studies carried out in polar regions.

All papers are peer-reviewed and published in English.

The Editorial Advisory Board includes renowned scientist from Poland and from abroad.

Polish Polar Research is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Cold Regions Bibliography, Antarctic Literature, Geological Abstracts, Polish Scientific Journals Contents - Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Quarterly Review, and Zoological Record.

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ISSN 0138-0338, eISSN 2081-8262

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Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Polar Research

Editorial Advisory Board

Robert BIALIK (Warszawa, Poland)

Magda BŁAŻEWICZ (Łódź, Poland)

Alistair CRAME (Cambridge, UK)

Josef ELSTER (České Budějovice, Czechia)

Jacek JANIA (Sosnowiec, Poland)

Cezary KABAŁA (Wrocław, Poland)

Jerónimo LÓPEZ-MARTINEZ (Madrid, Spain)

Krzysztof MIGAŁA (Wrocław, Poland)

Jerzy NAWROCKI (Warszawa, Poland)

Maria OLECH (Kraków, Poland)

Sergej OLENIN (Klaipeda, Litva)

Sandra PASSCHIER (Montclair, USA)

Jan PAWŁOWSKI (Sopot, Poland)

Żaneta POLKOWSKA (Gdańsk, Poland)

Gerhard SCHMIEDL (Hamburg, Germany)

Peter SCHWEITZER (Vienna, Austria)

Janne SOREIDE (UNIS, Svalbard)

Lech STEMPNIEWICZ (Gdańsk, Poland)

Mateusz STRZELECKI (Wrocław, Poland)

Witold SZCZUCIŃSKI (Poznań, Poland)

Slawek TULACZYK (Santa Cruz, USA)

Jan Marcin WĘSŁAWSKI (Sopot, Poland) - President

Editor-in-Chief

Wojciech MAJEWSKI (Geosciences), Institute of Paleobiology PAS, Poland

e-mail: wmaj@twarda.pan.pl

Co-Editors:

Monika KĘDRA (Life Sciences), Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland
e-mail: kedra@iopan.gda.pl

Michał ŁUSZCZUK (Social Science and Humanities), UMCS, Poland
e-mail: michal.luszczuk@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

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Piotr JADWISZCZAK (Białystok),

e-mail: piotrj@uwb.edu.pl

Ewa ŁUPIKASZA (Sosnowiec)

e-mail: ewa.lupikasza@us.edu.pl

Krzysztof ZAWIERUCHA (Poznań)

email: k.p.zawierucha@gmail.com

Editorial Advisory Board

Robert BIALIK (Warszawa, Poland)

Magda BŁAŻEWICZ (Łódź, Poland)

Alistair CRAME (Cambridge, UK)

Josef ELSTER (České Budějovice, Czechia)

Jacek JANIA (Sosnowiec, Poland)

Cezary KABAŁA (Wrocław, Poland)

Jerónimo LÓPEZ-MARTINEZ (Madrid, Spain)

Krzysztof MIGAŁA (Wrocław, Poland)

Jerzy NAWROCKI (Warszawa, Poland)

Maria OLECH (Kraków, Poland)

Sergej OLENIN (Klaipeda, Litva)

Sandra PASSCHIER (Montclair, USA)

Jan PAWŁOWSKI (Sopot, Poland)

Żaneta POLKOWSKA (Gdańsk, Poland)

Gerhard SCHMIEDL (Hamburg, Germany)

Peter SCHWEITZER (Vienna, Austria)

Janne SOREIDE (UNIS, Svalbard)

Lech STEMPNIEWICZ (Gdańsk, Poland)

Mateusz STRZELECKI (Wrocław, Poland)

Witold SZCZUCIŃSKI (Poznań, Poland)

Slawek TULACZYK (Santa Cruz, USA)

Jan Marcin WĘSŁAWSKI (Sopot, Poland) - President

Geosciences
Wojciech MAJEWSKI
e-mail: wmaj@twarda.pan.pl
phone: (48 22) 697 88 53

Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
ul. Twarda 51/55
00-818 Warszawa, POLAND

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Monika KĘDRA
e-mail: kedra@iopan.gda.pl
phone: (48 58) 731 17 79

Instytut Oceanologii PAN
Powstańców Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot, POLAND, P.O. Box 148

Social Science and Hummanities
Michał ŁUSZCZUK
e-mail: michal.luszczuk@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl
phone: (48 81) 537 68 99

Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej UMCS
Al. Kraśnicka 2D
20-718 Lublin, POLAND

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Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1

1 Editorial: Processes controlling development of periglacial and paraglacial landscapes in rapidly changing polar regions: Part 1

Mateusz C. Strzelecki , Marek Kasprzak , Piotr Owczarek , Łukasz Stachnik

Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1 | 85-89 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2023.145438

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Mateusz C. Strzelecki

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Marek Kasprzak

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Piotr Owczarek

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Łukasz Stachnik

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Alfred Jahn Cold Regions Research Centre, Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wroclaw, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wroclaw, Poland

2 Climate indices of environmental change in the High Arctic: Study from Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen, 1979–2019

Krzysztof Migała , Elżbieta Łepkowska , Marzena Osuch , Łukasz Stachnik , Tomasz Wawrzyniak , Dariusz Ignatiuk , Piotr Owczarek

Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1 | 91-126 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2022.143316

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic Svalbard climate change climate variables polar region

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An analysis of a suite of climatological indices was undertaken on the basis of long-term (1979–2019) climatological data from the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen. It was followed by an attempt to assess the scale of their impact on the local environment. The temperature and precipitation indices were based on percentiles of the variables calculated for a population of daily values from the climate normals for 1981–2010. A greater share of both cyclonic and anticyclonic circulations from the S and SW sectors, forcing the advection of warm air masses from the south, was decisive for the trends of change in comparison with the long-term mean. Both extreme precipitation and drought events depend on the 500 hPa geopotential height and precipitable water anomalies, determined by the baric field over the North Atlantic. Climate changes impact on the dynamics of local geoecosystems by causing faster glacier ablation and retreat, permafrost degradation, intensification of the hydrological cycle in glaciated and unglaciated catchments, and changes in the condition and growth of tundra vegetation.

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Krzysztof Migała

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Elżbieta Łepkowska

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Marzena Osuch

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Łukasz Stachnik

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Tomasz Wawrzyniak

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Dariusz Ignatiuk

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Piotr Owczarek

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Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wroclaw, Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wroclaw, Poland
Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Księcia Janusza 6 , 01-452 Warszawa, Poland

3 Energy mass balance and temperature-index melt modelling of Werenskioldbreen, Svalbard

Dariusz Ignatiuk

Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1 | 127-152 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2022.143314

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic Spitsbergen degree-day factor melt modelling glacier mass balance

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Studying the reaction of glaciers to climate warming and the interactions of ice masses with the atmosphere is cognitively highly significant and contributes to understanding the climate change. The results from the modelling of glacier surface ablation by the temperature–index and energy balance models as well as the results of meteorological and glaciological studies on Werenskioldbreen (south Spitsbergen, Svalbard) in 2011 have been analysed to improve the understanding of the glacier system’s functioning in the High Arctic. The energy balance modelling results showed that the radiation balance (58%) and sensible heat (42%) are the main factors influencing surface ablation on the glacier. The energy balance model offers a better fit to the measured ablation than the temperature–index model. These models have to be validated and calibrated with data from automatic weather stations, which provide the relevant gradient and calibration and validation. Presented models are highly suited for calculating ablation in Svalbard and other areas of the Arctic.

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Dariusz Ignatiuk

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University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

4 Hydrodynamics and hydrogeochemistry of Werenskiold Glacier forefield, SW Spitsbergen

Magdalena Modelska , Sebastian Buczyński

Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1 | 153-178 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2023.144540

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic Svalbard groundwater surface water runoff temperature chemical composition

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In the 2008 ablation season, subglacial springs discharge, flow rate and profiling of the proglacial river, physical-chemical parameters (pH, temperature, electrical conductivity) and chemical composition (HCO3−, SO42−, Cl−, NO3−, NO2−, PO43−, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Fetot, Mn2+, Al3+, Zn2+, Pb2+ and SiO2) of water in the Werenskiold Glacier forefield were measured. Chemical composition of groundwater as well as water of lakes, the main watercourse, subglacial outflows and water representing direct meltwater recharge were studied to determine their origin, the depth of circulation and recharge systems. The results indicate that the main source of water in the glacial river were the subglacial outflows in the central part of the glacier. They generated 77% of the total amount of water in the glacier forefield. Direct inflow of groundwater from glacier moraine to proglacial river was marginally low and the water circulation system was shallow, fast and variable. There were no evidences for an important role of deeper than suprapermafrost water circulation systems. The water temperature, especially in the lakes, exceeding the mean daily air temperature during the ablation period, is due to the heating of the ground moraine rocks. A clear difference between groundwater chemical composition and surface water as well as subglacial runoff in terms of major ions, together with the homogeneity of chemical composition of the proglacial river from spring to mouth confirmed the marginal role of groundwater runoff in the drainage of the catchment area. It was confirmed that the chemical composition of groundwater and moraine lakes in the glacier forefield was shaped by geological factors, i.e., mainly chemical weathering of sulphides, carbonates and secondary sulphates. The possibility of secondary iron hydroxide precipitation and a high probability of complex aluminosilicate transformations were also demonstrated.

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Magdalena Modelska

Sebastian Buczyński

University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences, Plac M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

5 Forming of water chemistry in active layer, Steinvik River catchment, SW Spitsbergen

Michał Rysiukiewicz , Henryk Marszałek , Mirosław Wąsik

Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1 | 179-196 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2022.143313

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic Svalbard river catchment shallow groundwater chemical composition

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The objective of this work is to demonstrate for the first time the results of hydrogeochmical studies carried out in the Steinvik River catchment, in order to provide detailed information regarding the chemical composition of groundwater in the Hornsund region, SW Spitsbergen. The water chemistry in the non-glaciated Steinvik River catchment is largely controlled by hydrological processes related to thaw of the near surface permafrost. Groundwater runoff is generated from the fast flow through well-permeable active layer. Recharge from melting snow, permafrost and rain, together with short residence time of groundwater, favors the forming of low-mineralized water, reaching 41 and 50 μS/cm for surface and groundwater, respectively, with the dominance of HCO3−, Cl−, Mg2+, Ca2+ and Na+ ions. In some water samples, increased concentrations of aluminum (up to 268 μg/L ) were found. The highest concentrations of phosphate, nitrite and ammonium in water seem to be related to the presence of bird colonies. Groundwater of active layer in the studied catchment belongs to young meteoric water with the age limited to one summer season.

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Michał Rysiukiewicz

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Henryk Marszałek

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Mirosław Wąsik

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Department of Applied Hydrogeology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Wrocław University, Pl. Maksa Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

6 Permeability of active layer sediments and groundwater runoff in Brattegg River catchment, SW Spitsbergen

Mirosław Wąsik , Henryk Marszałek , Michał Rysiukiewicz

Polish Polar Research | 2023 | vol. 44 | No 2 : Special Issue to celebrate 50 years anniversary of Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station in Spitsbergen: Part 1 | 197-219 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2022.143315

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic Svalbard active layer aquifer groundwater runoff

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This paper presents the permeability of the permafrost active layer determined in the Brattegg River catchment (SW Spitsbergen) for the 6-years interval of 2005–2010. The field permeability measurements technique of weathered rocks on various geomorphological forms allows to assess the value of their hydraulic conductivity ( k). High variability of k values, ranging from 6.37 10 ⁻⁹ to 4.0 10 ⁻³ m s ⁻¹, indicates the permeability of rocks from very low in clay to very high in gravel-rock rubble. Among the geomorphological forms, the best permeability was observed in boulder covers and rock debris, and the lowest one in patterned ground. The obtained results were used to determine the groundwater runoff ( q), assuming the unit thickness of the active layer aquifer. The q value from the Brattegg River catchment was calculated at 130 L s−1, which is from 15% to 47% of the average surface runoff.

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Mirosław Wąsik

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Henryk Marszałek

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Michał Rysiukiewicz

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Institute of Geological Sciences, Department of Applied Hydrogeology, Wrocław University, Plac M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

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The quarterly Polish Polar Research invites original scientific papers dealing with all aspects of polar research. The journal aims to provide a forum for publication of high-quality research papers, which are of international interest.

We warmly welcome review papers and proposals for thematic Special Issues.

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