The Polish Antarctic Expedition to the A. B. Dobrowolski Polar Station was conducted by a team of doctors, geophysicists, and geomorphologists between 1978 and 1979. It was sponsored by the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

. This was the third expedition organised by the

, and included establishing a

geodetic network A geodetic control network (also geodetic network, reference network, control point network, or control network) is a network, often of triangles, which are measured precisely by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy. A ...

in the Bunger Oasis, setting up an astronomical reference point, magnetic observations, and photogrammetric surveys to make maps of the vicinity of the station.

Geodetic Network

A geodetic network was established in the Bunger Oasis by Dr. A. Pachuta and Dr. J. Cisak, using theodolites Wild T2 and distancemeters Zeiss EOK, and consisted of 26 points.Polish Geodetic Antarctic Studies - A short historical outline, Sledzinski, Janusz. July 16, 1999

Features named by the expedition

* Dalmor Bank, named after the expedition ship ''Dalmor'' * Gdynia Point, named after

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, Poland *

Klekowski Crag Klekowski Crag () is a rock crag rising to about on the south side of Lange Glacier, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition in 1979 after Professor Romuald Klekowski, D ...

, named after Professor

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* Moby Dick Icefall, named during the 1981 expedition after the famous white whale of

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's 1851 novel ''

Moby-Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler, whaling ship ''Pequod (Moby- ...

References

Poland and the Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica 1978 in Antarctica 1979 in Antarctica Antarctic expeditions 1978 in Poland 1979 in Poland {{Antarctica-stub

Geodetic Network

Features named by the expedition

See also

References