From Antarctica to the Arctic: Ukraine and Poland expand joint polar research
According to Ukrainian polar researchers, NASC and the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences signed a major cooperation agreement on June 25 in Warsaw. The deal sets up joint geophysical research in 2026–2027 at:
The partnership aims to create two synchronized research labs — one at each pole.
Because Ukraine currently does not have its own Arctic station, the agreement opens a gateway to the Arctic for Ukrainian science. It gives researchers access to Poland's advanced infrastructure, technology exchange programs, and scientific data.
The program will focus on:
Implementation of the agreement will begin later this summer. The first team of Ukrainian geophysicists, Yurii Sumaruk and Anton Kushnir, will travel to the Arctic. They will measure components of the geomagnetic field and identify locations for installing additional Ukrainian scientific equipment.
In turn, Polish specialists will travel to the Akademik Vernadskyi station during the Antarctic summer, which coincides with winter in Ukraine.
Previous Ukraine–Poland polar cooperation
In April 2024, a new international study of Antarctic seafloor ecosystems began aboard the Ukrainian research icebreaker Noosfera, opening a new chapter in scientific cooperation between Ukraine and Poland.
As part of that collaboration, Polish and Ukrainian researchers collected marine life samples from the Southern Ocean floor for the first time. Scientists used a specialized bottom trawl to conduct the work.
The research was conducted in the Penola Strait near the Akademik Vernadskyi station at three depths.
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