Exhibition in Poznań Fotoplastykon: Polish Research Expedition to Spitsbergen, 1957-1958 (Polska wyprawa naukowa na Spitsbergen 1957-1958)

The Stanisław Siedlecki Polish Polar Station at Hornsund is Poland's northernmost year-round research facility. Located on the island of Spitsbergen in the Hornsund fjord, it has served as a home for researchers and Arctic enthusiasts for nearly seven decades.

The station's construction was initiated by the Polish Academy of Sciences in anticipation of the Third International Geophysical Year. In 1956, a small reconnaissance team led by Stanisław Siedlecki - a distinguished geologist, mountaineer, and polar explorer - approved the station's location. Just a year later, a larger group launched construction work on the island.

The latest stereophotograph exhibition at the Poznań Fotoplastykon documents this very first year-round expedition to Spitsbergen in 1957-1958. The team included seasoned polar researchers alongside numerous technical staff tasked with building the station.

These archival images were captured by Andrzej Zawada, at the time a young technician at the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, later to be known as a pioneer of winter high-altitude climbing. The collection has been generously provided by the Warsaw Fotoplastykon.

Translation from Polish: Krzysztof Kotkowski

• opening hours: Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm, Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Sunday closed; last admission 1 hour before closing time;
  
• tickets: regular admission - 6 pln, reduced admission - 3 pln, family tickets - 12 pln, group tickets (groups of 10 or more) - 25 pln

• Wydarzenie bez barier: brak informacji

Baner

Pobierz baner (JPEG, 43,58 kB)