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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.

Journal Metrics:
Impact Factor 2022: 1.3
CiteScore metrics from Scopus 2022: 2.4
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2022: 0.288
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2022: 0.512

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ISSN

ISSN 0138-0338, eISSN 2081-8262

Publishers

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

Associate Editors

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

Life Sciences
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 | Accepted articles

1 Forty years of warming: Environmental change in marine coastal habitats on Svalbard between 1981 and 2022

Jan Marcin Węsławski , Jacek A. Urbański

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.149207

Keywords: European Arctic coast climate change marine habitats

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Temperature rise together with resultant ice cover retreat in Svalbard, changes in hydrology and geomorphology of fjords and coastal waters is presented as forming force for the marine habitats. Satellite data show increase of habitat complexity following the tidal glaciers retreat and emergence of new (315 km) and complex shoreline. Most evident changes occur in the inner-fjord settings of the west coast of archipelago, while habitats of exposed marine shores and eastern sector of Svalbard remains little changed. It is hypothesized, that decrease in ice cover opens more space for life compared to the cold period.

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Authors and Affiliations

Jan Marcin Węsławski

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Jacek A. Urbański

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Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55,Sopot 81-712, Poland

2 History of female Polish pioneers and expeditioners in polar regions

Dagmara Bożek , Joanna Plenzler , Katarzyna Greń

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.150022

Keywords: Arctic Antarctic women in polar science women in science polar scientific stations polar herstories

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In the paper, we present a gradual transition from domination of men to equal treatment for men and women during the several decades of Polish expeditions to scientific stations in the Arctic and the Antarctic. This research has been based on the data available in the archives and at the database created within the project Female polar explorers (Polarniczki in Polish), which contains information about the number of female participants of expeditions to Polish research stations. Women participated in the seasonal expeditions almost from the very beginning when Polish research stations were established in 1970s and 1980s, but a significant increase of female participants is visible especially at year-round stations in the second decade of the 21^st century. In 1984, the first Polish female scientist overwintered in the Antarctic and in 1996 in the Arctic. In 1986, the first woman became a leader of a summer scientific expedition to Spitsbergen, and in 1991 a first woman became the leader of a year-long expedition to Arctowski Station. In the presented database, there are 825 records, that correspond to 417 surnames of female participants in Polish polar expeditions, 145 participated in more than one expedition. Women who were working at Polish polar research stations represented a variety of occupations, but most of them were scientists or combined science and station service. The collected data clearly show that the days when the presence of women at polar stations was unwelcome are a thing of the past.

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Authors and Affiliations

Dagmara Bożek

Joanna Plenzler

Katarzyna Greń

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Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa, Poland
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, A. Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland
University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

3 Raising awareness on global environmental challenges by bringing polar research closer to the society

Agata Goździk

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.150020

Keywords: Arctic formal education learning outcomes science communication

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The effects of climate change are much more rapid and visible in the Arctic than in the rest of the globe. The Arctic is extremely attractive scientifically and cognitively. Therefore, polar regions may serve as some of the most captivating natural settings capable of engage society in discussions on environmental changes. The primary objective of this paper is to present selected initiatives implemented by the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences that aimed to connect polar research with schools and society, and show evidence on their effectiveness, with special focus on pupils from primary and secondary schools. In this paper, an overview of the educational and science communication initiatives undertaken by the Institute of Geophysics PAS for schools and whole society is presented, with the focus on polar research. Next, some results of the evaluation studies for those projects, that conducted detailed impact assessment, are discussed. Based on the evaluation studies and on general not-structured feedback received from diverse audiences of Institute’s activities, positive impact of bringing polar research closer to the society was observed. Using the Arctic and polar research as a vehicle to inspire interest in science and to raise societal awareness of the environmental challenges in various groups of non-specialists may be a very effective mean of science communication.

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Authors and Affiliations

Agata Goździk

e-mail: gozdzik@igf.edu.pl

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Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Księcia Janusza 64, Warszawa, 01-452, Poland

4 Salutogenic outcomes and their personality predictors in participants of year-long Antarctic expeditions

Oleg Kokun , Larysa Bakhmutova

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.150021

Keywords: Antarctic Wilhelm Archipelago personal growth personality characteristics expedition personnel

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Prolonged stays in extreme living and working conditions at Antarctic stations can result in both negative psychological manifestations and possible positive, salutogenic effects. The aim of this study was to check an assumption about existing salutogenic outcomes and their personality predictors in expeditioners who participated in year-long expeditions. We examined 62 expeditioners who participated in expeditions to the Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station between 1996 and 2021, including 59 men and three women aged 27 to 68 years. We used the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory—Expanded, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and the Professional Hardiness Questionnaire. The majority of expeditioners (55–71%, on various grounds) recorded personal growth following Antarctic deployment, at a level from moderate to high. Based on personality characteristics diagnosed in the abovementioned questionnaires, we created an informative prognostic model explaining 30–45% of the variation in several indicators of expeditioners’ post-expedition growth. The most important predictors of expeditioners’ post-expedition growth were indicators of professional hardiness. Our findings provide additional opportunities to improve psychological evaluation and training for Antarctic expedition personnel.

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Authors and Affiliations

Oleg Kokun

e-mail: kokun@ukr.net

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Larysa Bakhmutova

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G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Pankivska 2, 01033, Kyiv, Ukraine

5 Motivational aspects of wintering in polar stations

Alicja Walotek , Agnieszka Skorupa , Paola Barros-Delben

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.150027

Keywords: Arctic Antarctic psychological challenges motivation winter over

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For over one hundred years, humans have been actively exploring polar regions. At present, each year, several thousand people work at polar stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. Polar stations have unique workplace characteristics; the conditions are classified as isolated, confined, and extreme. This leaves the important question of what motivates people to carry out professional tasks in such a context, particularly during wintering over in a polar station. The current study was designed to answer that question. Eighty-six winterers (22 women and 64 men) from ten different countries described their motivation to winter over. The qualitative approach, thematic analysis, was applied to data analysis. Two coding cycles were applied: initial coding and theming of the data. Fifty-six detailed categories were identified and then grouped thematically, resulting in 17 main categories. The three main motivation categories were challenge and adventure (N = 36), unique experience (N = 16), and performance of the job (N = 15). There were also differences in motivation between explorers from different countries, from Arctic and Antarctica polar stations, from civilian and military polar stations, and between female and male polar expeditioners. Obtained results can be applied to improve selection procedures and better support expeditioners during their stay in the polar station.

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Alicja Walotek

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Agnieszka Skorupa

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Paola Barros-Delben

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Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia, Grażyńskiego 53, 40-126 Katowice, Poland
Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia, Grażyńskiego 53, 40-126 Katowice, Poland
Human Factor Laboratory, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Engenheiro Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira street, n/n - Trindade, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 88040-900, Brazil

6 Expression analysis of Hsp70 genes in the psychrophilic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica PI12 as biomarkers for thermal stress during heat waves

Nur Athirah Yusof , Jennifer Charles Labo , Wan Nur Shuhaida Wan Mahadi , Makdi Masnoddin , Hyun Park , Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.150877

Keywords: Antarctic Casey Station Southern Ocean chaperone global warming biomarkers

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Heat shock proteins 70 (Hsp70) are potential thermal stress markers as they play a pivotal role in safeguarding cells against heat shock-induced damage. The Hsp70s are present in several variants with each containing its peculiar importance due to their specific functions such as cell protection during elevated thermal stress. The present investigation evaluated the gene expression profiles of all Hsp70 genes in Glaciozyma antarctica PI12 during a heat wave condition. In this study, we exposed G. antarctica PI12 cells to a realistic heat wave to understand the impacts of the extraordinary, unprecedented heat waves that hit Antarctica at nearly 40°C above the average in 2022. The experiment was carried out through eight days where cells were exposed gradually at 0, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25 and 30°C. The gene expression profiles were obtained during the simulated heat wave along with non-stressed control treatments by real-time PCR. Out of the six Hsp70 genes in G. antarctica PI12, five were expressed under the conditions tested. Among the expressed genes, gahsp70-1, gahsp70-5, and gahsp70-6 showed significant upregulation. Specifically, their expression levels increased by five- to eightfold after exposure to heat shock at 4°C. Gene expression patterns at 20°C and 30°C also showed induction with the highest at 3.6 folds and 5.8 folds, respectively. These results indicate that the expression of Hsp70 genes in G. antarctica PI12 was inducible under thermal stress, indicating their importance in cells during the heat waves. These results conclude that the gene expression patterns of Hsp70 during heat waves contribute vital information on thermal adaptation in the Antarctic marine ecosystem under climate stress.

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Authors and Affiliations

Nur Athirah Yusof

Jennifer Charles Labo

Wan Nur Shuhaida Wan Mahadi

Makdi Masnoddin

Hyun Park

Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong

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Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Preparatory Centre for Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Division of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea

7 Who is attracted to work at Arctic station in Hornsund? Analysis of personality profiles of applicants

Agnieszka Skorupa , Magdalena Misiak , Dariusz Niedbała , Zofia Durczok

Polish Polar Research | Accepted articles | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2024.150026

Keywords: Arctic Polish Polar Station Hornsund extreme environments personality selection procedure

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The first Arctic explorers underwent no formal selection procedure, and their personality traits were not diagnosed. Today, select in and select out procedures in systematic screening activities are common, although each country manages a polar station recruits according to its standards. The main goal of this article is to present the results of personality tests of work candidates at the Polish Polar Station Hornsund in Spitsbergen in 2019–2023. The applicants' personality was diagnosed with the NEO Five-Factor Inventory examining the Big Five personality traits. Results indicated that candidates for work in the polar station were significantly lower in neuroticism, slightly lower in openness to experience and higher in conscientiousness than the general Polish population. Moreover, there was a significant discrepancy in neuroticism between winterers and those not selected for wintering. This result was not observed in the female group. Potential reasons for study outcomes will be discussed in the article.

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Agnieszka Skorupa

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Magdalena Misiak

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Dariusz Niedbała

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Zofia Durczok

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Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia, 53 Grażyńskiego Street, 40-126 Katowice, Poland
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia, 53 Grażyńskiego Street, 40-126 Katowice, Poland

Instructions for authors

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.

Articles must be written in English. Authors are requested to have their manuscript read by a person fluent in English before submission. They should not be longer than 30 typescript pages, including tables, figures and references. However, upon request, longer manuscripts may be considered for publication. All papers are peer-reviewed. With a submitted manuscript, authors should provide e-mail addresses of at least three suggested reviewers.

Submission of the manuscript should be supported with a declaration that the work described has not been published previously nor is under consideration by another journal.

For text submission, Word file format is preferred. Please use the PPRes style template when preparing the final version of your paper. Pay special attention to writing correctly the list of references with doi. Manuscripts which are not prepared in line with the template will be returned to the authors. Please submit your manuscripts using our online submission system.

The journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges. No honorarium will be paid to authors for publishing papers.