Fjords are long and deep bays of the glacial origin. Thanks to their extent into
the interior they effectively contributed settlement process. Currently fjords are
economically exploited by the wide scope of activities related to marine economy
and tourism. Due to sea – atmosphere – land interactions, fjords become the subject
of interdisciplinary studies on feedbacks between the individual environment components.
Particular scientific interest is focused on the arctic fjords due to their still
unaffected nature and climate changes 2–4 times faster in polar areas than in other
regions of the world. Such kind of studies devoted to the observations of the fjords
in Svalbard were carried out within AWAKE international project and are continued
with AWAKE2. In particular, the investigations concern the frequency and results of
the warm Atlantic water inflow into the fjords. Glaciers terminating into fjords influenced
by environmental changes, since the end of 19th century are in permanent recession. Glaciers supply increased amount of freshwater coming from both the
melting and the calving
