Pavel Prošek

Pavel Prošek (23 September 1940 – 2 November 2025) was a Czech physical geographer and climatologist.

Life and career

Prošek was born in Zlín on 23 September 1940. He graduated from the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno.[1]

He joined the Cartographic and Reproductive Institute in Prague, and after his compulsory military service in 1966, he began an internal postgraduate course in Brno in the field of climatology. In the early 1970s, he got a one-year internship at ETH Zurich. Between 1985 and 1990, he completed three expeditions to Svalbard. In the 1990s, as an associate professor and later a professor, he completed two expeditions in Antarctica, first on the Polish station, then on the Peruvian station. It was the limitations that resulted from the work on these stations that led Pavel Prošek and botanist Josef Elster to the initiative to build a Czech Antarctic station.[2]

As part of the construction of the Antarctic station he visited Antarctica every year until the opening of the Mendel Polar Station on 22 February 2007, and several times thereafter.[2] In addition, he represented the Czech Republic at international meetings of the Antarctic Treaty System, where he contributed to the fact that the Czech Republic received consultative status in 2014 and can thus co-decide on the current and future use of Antarctica.[3]

In September 2020, he was awarded the Silver Medal of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic.[4] In June 2021, he received a commemorative plaque from the Czech Geographical Society for his outstanding contribution to Czech geography.[5]

Prošek died on 2 November 2025, at the age of 85.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Pavel Prošek — Hyde Park Civilizace — Česká televize". Czech Television (in Czech). Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Odbor pro rozvoj". Masaryk University. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  3. ^ Labudová, Iva; Nývlt, Daniel (4 November 2025). "Professor Emeritus Pavel Prošek, internationally renowned physical geographer and climatologist, has passed away". Masaryk University. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  4. ^ Nguyen, Sue (1 January 2012). "Předseda Senátu Miloš Vystrčil ocenil stříbrnou medailí 27 českých osobností, pojí je nezištná služba druhým (25.09.2020)". Kancelář Senátu Parlamentu České republiky (Press release) (in Czech). Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Předání pamětních plaket za mimořádný přínos české geografii". Česká geografická společnost (in Czech). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  6. ^ Klepáč, Vladimír (3 November 2025). "Zemřel zakladatel Mendelovy polární stanice Pavel Prošek. Nesnášel, když mu říkali polárník". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
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