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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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Dendrochronology in Cold Regions

Magdalena Opała-Owczarek (Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland) and Piotr Owczarek (Alfred Jahn Cold Regions Research Centre, University of Wroclaw, Poland) are serving as Guest Editors for this issue.

CALL FOR PAPERS

It has been almost 100 years since the first pioneering dendrochronological research by Endrew E. Douglass and the establishment of the world's first dendrochronology laboratory at the University of Arizona (1937). Dendrochronological research has been carried out mainly in the temperate zone and has been directed towards various scientific fields: climatology, ecology, geomorphology, archaeology and several others. In the Arctic and high-mountain regions, however, dendrochronological research is limited by the lack of trees. The only woody plants are shrubs and dwarf shrubs. The enormous potential of these plants for multidisciplinary environmental research was only recognised about three decades ago. The first Polish dendrochronological studies of dwarf shrubs were started in 2007 in the vicinity of the Stanislaw Baranowski Polar Station of the University of Wroclaw and the Polish Polar Station in the Hornsund in southern Spitsbergen. The number of publications in the field of polar and alpine dendrochronology has increased rapidly in recent years, but many research problems remain unsolved.

The main goal of this thematic collection is to present new results of dendrochronological research conducted in the Arctic and high-mountain areas from different parts of the world and across the hierarchy from regional to global. Original results and reviews in the broad field of Earth sciences, where dendrochronology based on Arctic, subalpine and alpine plant analysis is the main research method, are welcome.

The submission deadline will be 15th December 2025. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (https://journals.pan.pl/ppr/).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: magdalena.opala@us.edu.pl, piotr.owczarek@uwr.edu.pl.

Invitation (click here): Special Issue PPR Dendrochronology of Cold Regions

ISSN

ISSN 0138-0338, eISSN 2081-8262

Wydawcy

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 | 2025 | vol. 46 | No 3

1 Ocean bottom seismic model in the Knipovich Ridge area

Wojciech Czuba , Yoshio Murai , Tomasz Janik , Andrzej Górszczyk , Krzysztof Michalski

Polish Polar Research | 2025 | vol. 46 | No 3 | 133–146 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2025.156300

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic North Atlantic seismic model oceanic crust

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The structure of the oceanic crust generated by the ultraslow-spreading mid-ocean Knipovich Ridge still remains relatively uninvestigated compared to the other North Atlantic spreading ridges further south. The complexity of the Knipovich Ridge, with its oblique ultraslow-spreading and segmentation, makes this end-member of Spreading Ridge Systems an important and challenging ridge to investigate. The Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) data along a refraction/reflection profile (ca. 280 km) crossing the Knipovich Ridge off the western Barents Sea was acquired during cruise of RV G.O. Sars on July 24 to August 6, 2019. The seismic energy was emitted by air-guns with total volume of 80 l. To receive and record the seismic waves at the seafloor, ocean bottom seismometers were deployed. Seismic energy from airgun shots were recorded up to 50 km from the OBSs. The profile provides information on the seismic structure of the oceanic crust in the Knipovich Ridge area. Seismic record sections were analyzed with 2D trial-and-error forward seismic modeling. The crust thickness is variable and the Moho boundary depth changes between 7 and 12 km with P-wave velocity below the interface 7.9–8.0 km/s. The Moho discontinuity attains its minimum depth not directly beneath the Knipovich Ridge, but roughly 30 km to the southeast.

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Wojciech Czuba

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Yoshio Murai

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Tomasz Janik

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Andrzej Górszczyk

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Krzysztof Michalski

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Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa, Poland
Hokkaido University, Kita 8, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0808 Japan

2 Surface lebensspuren and their tracemakers in Arctic fjords of Spitsbergen: Patterns, diversity, and environmental controls

Kajetan Deja , Alfred Uchman

Polish Polar Research | 2025 | vol. 46 | No 3 | 147-165 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2025.154567

Słowa kluczowe: Arctic glacial bays underwater imagery biogenic surface traces epibenthic megafauna bioturbation

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This study presents a comprehensive analysis of epibenthic lebensspuren, i.e., biogenic surface traces, and their tracemakers in the fjords of Svalbard. Data were collected over six Arctic summer seasons (2015–2017, 2019, 2020, and 2023) and one winter season (2016), across 206 stations, 57% of which exhibited lebensspuren. Nineteen distinct lebensspuren morphotypes were identified, including eight newly described forms. Tracemakers were identified for 18 of these types, and specific species or genera determined for 10. Echinoderms were the dominant group, responsible for 55% of all traces, followed by decapods (20%) and gastropods (17%). The study documents lebensspuren morphology and ethology along with their associated tracemakers, offering insights into their abundance and spatial distribution within fjord ecosystems. Notable findings include the high frequency of lebensspuren produced by the sea star Urasterias lincki, along with significant contributions from brittle stars, shrimps, and gastropods. Distribution patterns were influenced by environmental factors such as proximity to glaciers and river mouths; however, non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis revealed no clear community separations. This dataset can serve as a valuable resource for the interpretation and classification of trace fossils (i.e., fossil analogues of lebensspuren), while highlighting the ecological and paleoenvironmental importance of lebensspuren in Arctic marine systems.

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Kajetan Deja

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Alfred Uchman

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Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
Faculty of Geography and Geology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3a, 30-087 Kraków, Poland

3 Molecular identification of Antarctic canola oil-degrading bacteria

Khadijah Nabilah Mohd Zahri , Surian Sabri , Claudio Gomez-Fuentes , Khalilah Abdul Khalil , Peter Convey , Azham Zulkharnain , Siti Aqlima Ahmad

Polish Polar Research | 2025 | vol. 46 | No 3 | 167–184 | DOI: 10.24425/ppr.2025.154566

Słowa kluczowe: Antarctic O'Higgins Station biodegradation Sanger sequencing lipase-producing bacteria

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The detrimental impacts of human activity in Antarctica can pose significant threats to the continent’s ecosystems and diversity. Various pollutants have been detected in Antarctica, including hydrocarbon compounds derived from oils. The widespread use of canola oil in catering at Antarctic research stations raises the possibility of its release into the environment, either through accidental spillage or via waste cooking oil present in grey water. To help address this issue, a bacterial consortium (reference BS14) obtained from the natural Antarctic environment was isolated and confirmed to be capable of breaking down canola oil. The identity of members of the consortium was investigated using metagenomic analysis, with lipase-producing bacteria further examined using Sanger sequencing. The consortium in media not exposed to canola oil consisted primarily of Proteobacteria and Firmicutes in almost equal percentages. After being exposed to either fresh or waste canola oil, high proportions of representatives of Pseudomonadaceae and Carnobacteriaceae were present. Amongst the bacterial taxa identified in the metagenomic analysis, representatives of the genera Pseudomonas and Carnobacterium were confirmed to be responsible for biodegrading waste canola oil and pure canola oil. This study offers novel insights into the potential of bacterial consortia for canola oil bioremediation in Antarctica.

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Khadijah Nabilah Mohd Zahri

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Surian Sabri

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Claudio Gomez-Fuentes

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Peter Convey

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Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Center of Antarctic Environmental Monitoring Research (CIMAA), Universidad de Magallanes, Avda. Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile
Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Magallanes, Avda. Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Section 2, Shah Alam 45000, Selangor, Malaysia
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
Department of Zoology, University of Pretoria, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
Country Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems (BASE), Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa 7750000, Santiago, Chile
College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama, 337-8570, Japan

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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.

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.

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