Polish Hornsund station seeks staff for 50th expedition

Warsaw's Institute of Geophysics is recruiting staff for its 50th polar expedition to the Polish Polar Station Hornsund, for the 2027/2028 season, Gazeta Wrocławska reported. Applications close on 15 November 2026.

The year-round group, from June 2027 to July 2028, needs five environmental monitoring specialists, among them a meteorologist-hydrologist, an oceanographer-hydrologist and a hydrochemist. It also needs a computer specialist, an electronics technician, a mechanic and a maintenance worker. Two members will be expedition leader and deputy leader and must speak English; Norwegian is an advantage.

The summer group runs from June to September 2027, with some exceptions. It needs two to four technical workers and one position listed as summer monitoring specialist, field assistant or station administrator. It also needs a cook and a cook's assistant.

Monthly pay is about 7,600 zloty gross, including a supplement for time away from home. Further supplements depend on length of service and on work during the polar night, which runs from October to May. The employer provides free transport to the station with personal equipment, and pays for accommodation, food, work clothing and safety training in shooting, water safety and first aid. The year-round group also gets training in moving over mountains and glaciers.

The station is a year-round Polish research base in Hornsund fjord, in the south of Spitsbergen, the largest island of Svalbard. Candidates send a résumé, a cover letter and a declaration of no criminal record to the institute.

Coverage: Gazeta Wrocławska