Adam Mickiewicz University Polar Station - Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Adam Mickiewicz University staff has studied the area since 1984, using the old hut Skottehytta as a base until 2009. In 2011, a temporary station was built nearby. It was moved to the western coast of the bay and expanded to the current size in 2015. The station consists of two 10 m2 bedroom barracks and one kitchen/living room/laboratory facility (18 m2). In between them, during the summer, a tent hall (40 m2) is raised. Electricity is from fossil fuel generator (230 V) and solar panels (12 V). Supplies to the station (equipment, food and fuel) are brought from Poland at the beginning of summer or bought in Longyearbyen. Scientific investigations at the station are cover monitoring of both biotic and abiotic compartments of the natural environment. Meteorological surveys are based on stationary observations at the station, as well as automatic weather stations around the bay. Sites of permafrost studies, comprising ground temperature measurements are established and during the summer glaciological, hydrological, geomorphological, geological, geochemical, botanical observations are performed. Data are acquired according to standards of the Polish Governmental Integrated Monitoring system.