In August 2000 the third Baltic University Summer Field Course  took place  in the small town Hel, Poland  on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. The Russian  participants represented St.-Petersburg , Pskov and Kaliningrad.

 

It is the main building of  Hel  Marine Station,  there we had some lectures  and prepared  presentations.  It was a wonderful time full of the interesting day-to-day work  and communication.  During these days all participants  could enjoy visiting the most popular place of interest - Focarium -  there several funny seals are living.

 

Students from different universities  of the Baltic countries could find friends, communicate about interesting and useful  topics, exchanged their ideas about ecology and  education  in their home countries.

 

The practical example regarding the problems of the sustainable energy in Poland was presented in the excursion to the  hidro-electric power station.  It is situated in northern  Poland, near Wladislawowo .

 

Also during the course we visited  Nadmorsky National Park, the museum  in Wladislawowo  and get acquianted with dunes in Slovinsky National Park.

 

Everybody were fascinated by the pretty foka Balbina - the Baltic seal, who lives on Hel Marine Station.

 

In  few minutes of our free time  we spent in wonderful local pubs and  on the sandy  sea beach  (though in  the end of August  the water temperature of Baltica was rather cool!) . Only the most brave students experienced with swimming  in the  Baltic sea.

Ksenia Shelest,
 BUP Summer Field Course in Hel,
August, 2000