@ARTICLE{Popiołek_Joanna_"Polar_1998, author={Popiołek, Joanna}, volume={vol. 19}, number={No 1-2}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={31-36}, howpublished={online}, year={1998}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={A. B. Dobrowolski, a member of the Belgian expedition in Belgica to West Antarctica (1897-1899), after his return home became a strong supporter of Polish scientific activity in the Polar countries. His patronage - called by him the "Polar Action", was especially well marked during organization of three Polish expeditions to the Svalbard archipelago: to Bear Island during the 2nd Polar Year, 1932-33 and to Spitsbergen in 1934 and 1938. Apart from his scientific achievements in Antarctica, Dobrowolski was also widely known as an author of popular-scientific books on history of discovery and exploration in the Arctic and the Antarctic.}, type={Article}, title={"Polar Action" of Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski in the interwar period}, URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/110829/PDF-MASTER/1998-1-2_031-036.pdf}, keywords={A. B. Dobrowolski, Polish Polar activity}, }