Kraj: Polska – Miasto: Sosnowiec – Adres: Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Polska
Evening Review of Polish Polar Films in Sosnowiec
The Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Silesia, the Centre for Polar Studies and the Polish Geographical Society – Katowice Branch invite you to participate in the evening REVIEW OF POLISH POLAR FILMS in Sosnowiec, which will take place on Friday, April 10 this year at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Silesia in Sosnowiec (60 Będzińska street).
PROGRAMME:
1. „Do Ziemi Torella” (Spitsbergen, the Arctic)
Director: Witold Biernawski
Running time: 9 min
Description: A surviving fragment of a film depicting the First Polish Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1934. Considered lost, the film was also shown in the USA and Norway before World War II.
Director: Witold Biernawski
Running time: 9 min
Description: A surviving fragment of a film depicting the First Polish Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1934. Considered lost, the film was also shown in the USA and Norway before World War II.
2. „Stacja Arctowski”
Director: Ryszard Czajkowski
Running time: 23 min
Description: A 1977 film reportage of the construction of the Polish Antarctic Station on King George Island.
Director: Ryszard Czajkowski
Running time: 23 min
Description: A 1977 film reportage of the construction of the Polish Antarctic Station on King George Island.
3. „Spitsbergen 1973″
Director: Jan Żyszkowski
Length: 9 min
Description: Amateur photogrammetry film by Jan Żyszkowski, M.Sc. Eng., a participant in the University of Wrocław Polar Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1973. Digitally processed by Filmoteka Śląska.
Director: Jan Żyszkowski
Length: 9 min
Description: Amateur photogrammetry film by Jan Żyszkowski, M.Sc. Eng., a participant in the University of Wrocław Polar Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1973. Digitally processed by Filmoteka Śląska.
4. „Zimny Ląd” (1983)
Directors: Bolesław Kapuściński, Kazimierz Błahij
Length: 30 min
Description: A recollection of the University of Silesia’s 1983 expedition to Spitsbergen. It was an important stage in the development of Silesian glaciological research and the Arctic environment. The film shows living conditions, research objectives, and fieldwork. Material scanned and processed by Filmoteka Śląska.
Directors: Bolesław Kapuściński, Kazimierz Błahij
Length: 30 min
Description: A recollection of the University of Silesia’s 1983 expedition to Spitsbergen. It was an important stage in the development of Silesian glaciological research and the Arctic environment. The film shows living conditions, research objectives, and fieldwork. Material scanned and processed by Filmoteka Śląska.
5. „Gorączka Polarna” (2009)
Director: Katarzyna Dąbkowska
Running time: 22 min
Description: A film made during the University of Silesia’s 2009 Expedition to Spitsbergen, about the motivations behind research and work in the Arctic. It shows the contemporary polar passions of scientists, students, and technical staff at the Hornsund Polar Station. Most people who have been here at least once return regularly, because upon returning home, they discover symptoms of so-called polar fever. As it turns out, it is incurable…
Director: Katarzyna Dąbkowska
Running time: 22 min
Description: A film made during the University of Silesia’s 2009 Expedition to Spitsbergen, about the motivations behind research and work in the Arctic. It shows the contemporary polar passions of scientists, students, and technical staff at the Hornsund Polar Station. Most people who have been here at least once return regularly, because upon returning home, they discover symptoms of so-called polar fever. As it turns out, it is incurable…
The film screenings will be accompanied by commentary from experienced polar explorers: Prof. Jacek Jania, Dr. Michał Ciepły, and Paulina Waleczek, M.A.
A quiz with prizes will be held at the end of the event.
The event is open to the public, free of charge, and does not require registration.
Partners: Filmoteka Śląska, Polska Stacja Antarktyczna im H. Arctowskiego, Polska Stacja Polarna Hornsund, Spitsbergen Artists Center, Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych.
Patronage: Instytut Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN, Instytut Geofizyki PAN, Komitet Badań Polarnych, Muzeum Badań Polarnych, Polskie Konsorcjum Polarne, Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne oraz Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System.
Kod GeoNight: 2026257
