Workshop on Changes of the Polar Ecosystem 16th Annual Meeting of the Polar Section of the Czech Geographical Society Penzion U Veselých - Pec pod Sněžkou v Krkonoších (http://www.veselypenzion.cz) 4. – 6. November 2015 Agenda Wednesday 4.11. 2015 14.00 – 19. 00 Arrival of participants (Penzion U Veselých) 19.00 Dinner (Penzion U Veselých) Thursday 5.11. 2015 08.00 Breakfast 08.30 Registration 09.00 – 09.10 Opening sessions 09.00 – 09.10 Polar Section of the Czech Geographical Society, Michal Janouch, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (10’ ) 09.15 – 10.15 Meteorology and Climatology 09.15 – 09.45 Homogenization of the long time series (1996- 2014) of broadband UV measurements at Polish Polar Station Hornsund, (77° 00' N, 15° 33' E, Piotr Sobolewski , Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ ) 09.45 – 10.15 Ozone Recovery in Antarctica, Michal Janouch , Center for Basic and Applied Research, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, (25+5’ ) 10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break 10.45 – 11.45 Meteorology and Climatology 10.45 – 11.15 Calving of Fuerza Aérea Glacier (Greenwich Island, Antarctica) observed by terrestrial laser scanning and continuous video monitorin, Michal Petlicki, , Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ ) 11.15 – 11.45 Vitamin D3 oral supplementation of 2000 IU per day necessary for explorers of the polar regions, Janusz W. Krzyścin, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ ) 11.45 – 12.45 Geology and Expediton 11.45 – 12.15 Antarctica before Cenozoic ice ages: a fossil record of environments and climate from King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Anna Mozer, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (25+5’ ) 12.15 – 12.45 Expedition New Zeland, Josef Řehák, Řehák - SPELEO Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, Stanislav Řehák, Řehák - SPELEO, Zvíkov u Lišova, Czech Republic (20 +5’) 12.45 – 13.00 Discussion – morning sessions 13.00 – 13.45 Lunch Break 14.00 – 16.30 Trip around Pec pod Sněžkou, Velká Úpa 17.00 – 18.30 Wellness (pool, jacuzzi, Finnish sauna with rest room) 19:00 – Dinner (Penzion U Veselých) sponsored by the Polar Section Friday 6.11. 2015 08.00 Breakfast 09.00 – 09.30 Biology and Botany 09.00 – 09.30 Freshwater ecosystems dynamics on Bahia del Diablo, Isla de Vega, Antarctica, Jan Kavan Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (25 +5’) 09.30 – 10.00 Avalanche - Awarness 09.30 – 10.00 10.00 – 10.30 10.00 – 10.30 Respiration and gas exchange under snow avalanche Ladislav Sieger, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, (25 +5’) Biology and Botany Pěstování hospodářských plodin v severských zemích, Veronika Vosáhlová, University of Hradec Králové(25+5’) 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break 11.00 – 11.30 Expeditions 100 years ago and now, Jan Kavan, Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (25 +5’) 11.30 – 11.45 Final Discussion + closing of the workshop 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Departure of participants