Marek Kamiński

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Marek Kamiński

Marek Kamiński (born March 24, 1964 in Gdansk ) is a Polish polar explorer , author, photographer and entrepreneur. He was one of the first people to reach both Poles in one year without external support: on May 23, 1995, he and Wojciech Moskal reached the North Pole and on December 27, 1995, the South Pole single-handedly.

Life

Kamiński grew up in Połczyn-Zdrój (Pomerania). In 1982 he finished the Wladyslaw Broniewski High School in Koszalin and then studied philosophy and physics at the University of Warsaw . Kamiński is the founder and co-owner of "Invena SA" and founder of the "Marek Kaminski Foundation". He speaks 8 languages: English, German, Norwegian, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. He lives in Sopot with his wife and two children .

Main expeditions

  • 1977: Denmark - first independent expedition, with a cargo ship to the gate of Aalborg
  • 1978: Morocco - trip by ship to the gate of Safi
  • 1984: USSR (now Russia ), Scandinavia , Germany , Romania , Bulgaria , Greece , Turkey and Yugoslavia - hitchhiking
  • 1985: Cuba , Mexico (Mexico DF, Yucatan, Chiapas ) - hitchhiking
  • 1987: Cuba , Mexico (Mexico DF, Yucatan, Oaxaca , Chihuahua , Chiapas ) - hitchhiking
  • 1990: Spitzbergen - first polar solo expedition (about 350 kilometers on skis)
  • 1993: “TransGreenland Expedition” - first crossing of Greenland on foot, with Wojciech Moskal (about 600 kilometers in 35 days);
  • 1995: "From Pole to Pole" - From the island "Ward Hunt" together with Wojciech Moskal (770 kilometers in 72 days) he reached the North Pole
  • 1995: "A Pole with the Poles" - solo expedition to the South Pole from Berkner Island (1,400 kilometers in 53 days)
  • 1996/1997: "Solo TransAntarctica" - attempted solo crossing from Antarctica (1,450 kilometers)
  • 1997/1998: Antarctica - Climbing the Ellsworth Mountains and reaching the summit of Mount Vinson , with Leszek Cichy
  • 1998: Kilimanjaro in Tanzania , Mount Kosciuszko in Australia
  • 1998: Bolivia - expedition to the Bolivian Andes , the summit of Hauyna Potosi, trip to Amazonia , with Børge Ousland
  • 1999: Sailing across the Atlantic with the yacht the "twins", with Andrzej Piotrowski
  • 1999: "Earth Expedition" - crossing the Gibson Desert in Australia (700 kilometers in 60 days)
  • 2000: “Race 2000” he sailed across the Atlantic with the catamaran “Polfarma - Warta” together with Roman Paszke
  • 2000: "Greenland Expedition 2000" - crossing Greenland , with Wojciech Ostrowski (600 kilometers in 13 days)
  • 2000: "Amazonas Quelle 2000" - Expedition to the sources of the Amazon under the patronage of the National Geographic Society
  • 2001: Zanzibar , Kilimanjaro in Tanzania , with Katarzyna Pisera
  • 2001: "North Pole 2001" - he accompanied the first Polish tourist expedition to the North Pole as a guide
  • 2001: Dolomites ( Cortina d'Ampezzo ), with Katarzyna Pisera and Leszek Cichy;
  • 2002: Expedition to the North Pole as a guide
  • 2002: Dolomites ( Marmolada ), with Katarzyna Pisera
  • 2003: Holy Land - Jerusalem , Cesarea, Netania, Mosada, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, with Katarzyna Pisera
  • 2004: "Together to the Poles" - expedition to both poles in a single year with the disabled youth Jasiek Mela, with Wojciech Ostrowski and Wojciech Moskal (North Pole)
  • 2005: “Around the Baltic Sea by Dinghy” - a five-day trip, a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Solidarność , with Miroslaw Kukula and Wojciech Ostrowski
  • 2006: "Baby on board - through Poland with Pola" - a journey through Poland on the Vistula river, with wife Katarzyna and daughter Pola
  • 2007: "Baby on board - through the world with Pola" - a trip to Norway ( Oslo , Finnmarksvidd, Lofoten , Flåmsbana), with wife Katarzyna and daughter Pola.

Books

Marek Kamiński has written the following books about his expeditions:

  • Moje bieguny. Dzienniki z wypraw 1990–1998 (“My Poles - Expedition Diaries 1990–1998”), Ideamedia, Gdańsk 1998 - received the Artus Prize in the category “Best Book of 1998” and the “Amber Butterfly” prize in the Arkady Fiedler for the best Polish book in the tourism category.
  • Moje wyprawy (“my expeditions”), Pascal, Bielsko-Biała 2001
  • Razem Na Biegun (“Together to Poland”), Marek Kaminski Foundation, Gdańsk 2005

and as co-author:

  • Slawomir Swerpel, Marek Kaminski, Wojciech Moskal, Nie tylko Biegun (“not just the North Pole”), Muza SA, Warsaw 1996
  • Jacek Bunsch, Marek Kaminski, Poczta polska, czyli niezwykle dzieje pewnego listu (“The Polish Post or the Unusual Story of a Letter”), Wydawnictwo Europa, Wrocław 2000.

His articles and photographs have also been published in many magazines including National Geographic. Wrote about him:

  • Katarzyna Wierzba, Zdobywcy Swiata, Wydawnictwo Esprit, Kraków 2004.
  • Malgorzata Okupnik, autobiography polskich sportowców samotników, Wydawnictwo Officina TUM, Gniezno 2005
  • Sleeve red. Steve'a Bella, Korona Ziemi, Wydawnictwo Pascal, Bielsko-Biała 2001 Ryszard Badowski , Odkrywanies wiata, Wydawnictwo Pascal, Bielsko-Biała 2001
  • Joost Cohensius, Treber Cornelissen, Edmond Öfner, Henk Leyen, Ursprung Aarde Xpedition Australië zur Quelle, Wydawnictwo V + K, Blaricum 1999

Movies

  • Zdobycie Bieguna Polnocnego ("Reaching the North Pole"), dir. J. Surdel (1995)
  • Dwa Bieguny W jednym roku. Arctica ("Two Poles in one year - the Arctic"), dir. J. Surdel (1995)
  • Dwa Bieguny W jednym roku. Antarctica ("two Poles in a single year - Antarctica"), dir. J. Surdel (1996)
  • Tamtego lata W Patriot-Hill ("this summer in the Patriot-Hill"), dir. J. Surdel (1996)
  • Trzeci Biegun. Przerwana wyprawa ("The third Pole - an interrupted expedition"), dir. J. Surdel (1997)
  • Transantarctica 96/97, dir. J. Surdel (1997)
  • Dlaczego? Wyprawa na Mt. Vinson ("Why? Expedition, to Mt. Vinson"), you. W. Ostrowski (1998)
  • Portret meski we wnetrzu (“Portrait of a man from within”), dir. F. Bajon (1999)
  • Grenlandia za plecami Marka Kaminskiego ("Greenland behind Marek Kamiski's back"), you. W. Ostrowski (2000)
  • Razem Na Biegun ("together to Poland"), you. W. Ostrowski (2005)
  • White out. Wyprawa poza cie? ("Know-out - an expedition beyond the shadows"), you. W. Szumowski (2005)
  • Pontonem dookola Baltyku ("around the Baltic Sea with the rubber dinghy"), dir. W. Ostrowski (2005)
  • Z Pola przez Polske (“about Poland with Pola”), dir. W. Szumow

Prices

  • Main prizes "Youngest businessman of the year 1994" in the Polish section of the international World Young Business Achiever (1994)
  • Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, for reaching the North Pole, awarded by President Lech Wałęsa (1995)
  • SportWAR Gold Medal for Reaching the North Pole (1995)
  • Media Polonia Prize "for glorifying Poland and the Polish spirit" (1996)
  • Wojciech's Medal, an honorary decoration awarded by the Gdansk City Council, "For making Gdansk famous" (1997)
  • "Amber butterfly" award in the Arkady Fiedler competition for the book Moje bieguny. Dzienniki z wypraw 1990–1998 (1999)
  • "Researcher 2000" Prize awarded at the Lódz Researcher Festival (2000)
  • "Butterfly 2003" award awarded by the Jolanta Kwasniewska Foundation for courage and portraying the disabled as fully capable participants in general life (2004)
  • "Superkolos 2004" award awarded for the greatest sporting achievement in the history of Polish polar exploration - reaching the North Pole on May 23, 1995 (2004)
  • Diploma of the Foreign Minister for the Promotion of Poland in the World (2005)
  • "Fearless protector for the sick and the handicapped", medal awarded by the Patriarch of Gdańsk, His Excellency Father Tadeusz Goclowski (2005)
  • Title Christian Anderson Ambassador for the Advancement of Human Rights, the System of Values ​​and Human Opportunities (2005)
  • "Business and Passion" award awarded at the Festival of the Explorer Lódz (2006)
  • "Holy Brother Albert Medal" for proving that a disabled person can be a fully capable participant in general life, carry out difficult tasks and fulfill his dreams (2007)
  • "Special price of the international TourFilm Festival Plock" for the tourism demand in the world (2007)
  • The Guinness Book of World Records, 1995 edition - the first and only person to reach both poles in a single year without external support.
  • Honorary citizenship of Koszalin City, Polczyn-Zdrój and Tarlów County.

Organizations

Marek Kaminski belongs to the following organizations:

  • Explorers Club
  • Union of Polish Writers
  • Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Polar Research

Lectures

Marek Kaminski has given lectures in Poland, USA and other countries including Antarctica.

Title:

  • How does the impossible become possible
  • Expeditions to the limits of my dreams
  • motivation
  • Overcoming barriers

Marek Kaminski Foundation

The Marek Kaminski Foundation was established in 1996. It promotes educational programs such as fundraising for prostheses for the needy. Its statutory goals also include supporting exploration of the polar regions, promoting polar studies and ecology, and supporting young participants in expeditions.

The foundation principles are:

  • "Let us help sick children and make their dreams come true". The capital raised was used to buy drip catchers for children and to modernize the hospital in Gdansk (1995)
  • "Solo TransAntarctica", the organization of a polar expedition, which was part of an international educational program (1996/97)
  • Organization of a trip to Antarctica at Christmas for two orphans from the Elk and Ostrowka. The trip was first prize in a bankruptcy related to the South Pole Region. (1996/97)
  • Organization of an expedition to Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica (1997/98)
  • Organization of a competition for the children testing knowledge of Australia while crossing the Gibson Desert. Financing the first prize - a trip to Sydney (1999)
  • "Together to Poland", organization of expeditions by Marek Kaminski and disabled adolescent Jasiek Mela to both Poles (2004)
  • “Give others a shans”, fundraising, for the prostheses for the handicapped during the first expedition. The total collected - 733,227 zlotys - was spent on purchasing prostheses for 65 disabled people (2004)
  • "School near Poland", organization of an educational campaign (2004)
  • World Day of the Sick Child - the general campaign, 10,000 books "Lulie's Great Journey" were distributed to all the children who were in the hospital (February 2005)
  • Help for Pakistan fundraising for the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan (November 2005)
personal data
SURNAME Kamiński, Marek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish polar explorer, author, photographer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig