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This year\u2019s winners of the Benedict the Pole Award were recognised for research on the most dangerous haemorrhagic fever viruses, work on Kurdish cultural heritage, and conducting an exploratory mission to Titan, a moon of Saturn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr hab. Joanna Boche\u0144ska, Professor Janusz T. Paw\u0119ska, and Professor Jan Charles Zarnecki received the awards at the University of Warsaw on 25 June. The Award Chapter grants the prize to Polish citizens for \u201coutstanding achievements in exploring the earth, the sea, and aerospace\u201d and to foreigners for \u201cpromoting Polish research topics and work with Polish scientists\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr hab. Joanna Boche\u0144ska of Jagiellonian University, a specialist in Kurdish Studies, has collaborated with many organisations and researchers in the Middle East. She has been recognised by fellow scholars and the Kurdish academic community for her achievements, knowledge, and mastery of the Kurdish language. Dr Boche\u0144ska has been accorded the Kurdish title of mamosta<\/em>, which means master or teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Janusz T. Paw\u0119ska heads one of the units at South Africa\u2019s National Institute for Communicable Diseases. He has published important research on identifying filovirus reservoirs and discovered a novel arenavirus that causes haemorrhagic fever. Professor Paw\u0119ska was responsible for the safe operation of Africa\u2019s only laboratory classified at biosafety level 4. He has also contributed significantly to epidemiological, ecological, immunological, and molecular research into viral infections and monitored the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main prize for foreigners went to Professor Jan Charles Zarnecki, a British astronomer and one of six scientists responsible for conducting the unmanned Huygens probe mission with its Surface Science Package to Titan, a moon orbiting Saturn. The mission targeted one of the most remote sites to be explored in space to date. While preparing the mission, Professor Zarnecki worked with scientists from the Polish Academy of Sciences\u2019 Space Research Centre (CBK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe award honours values that should be recognised and promoted but are not always visible in popular culture. Even so, they are vital to the community, the nation, and the state. They are also supranational in character,\u201d Professor Piotr Gli\u0144ski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and National Heritage, said at the awards ceremony, highlighting the significance of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year marked the eighth presentation of the Benedict the Pole Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prize was named after Benedykt Polak, the Franciscan friar who accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine on a mission to Great Khan G\u00fcy\u00fck of the Mongol Empire in 1245\u20131247; the envoys were received by the khan in Karakorum, then the Empire\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The envoys set off from \u0141\u0119czyca, generously equipped for the journey by Duke Konrad I of Masovia and other members of Poland\u2019s political elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After returning from a journey of more than two years that covered some 20,000 kilometres on horseback, the envoys presented Pope Innocent IV and European courts with the first-ever detailed account of that part of Asia. It was not until 50 years later that The Travels of Marco Polo<\/em> appeared in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe mission was both diplomatic and exploratory, demonstrating European cooperation that went beyond the personal partnership of Benedict the Pole and Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. The key political centres of contemporary Europe also contributed directly and significantly to the mission\u2019s success, while various kinds of logistical support were provided by Czech, German, French monks, as well as their Ruthenian and Hungarian colleagues, who also helped to work up the final report,\u201d said Professor Mariusz Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski, Deputy Chair of the Award Chapter and President of the Polish Chapter of the Explorers Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Award Chapter was appointed by the Polish Chapter of the Explorers Club, the Urban Municipality of \u0141\u0119czyca, the District of \u0141\u0119czyca, and the Warsaw Scientific Society. The President of the Republic of Poland has been Patron of Honour of the award ceremony, and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage funds monetary prizes for the laureates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(WU, prepared by MAJ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They are also supranational in character,\u201d Professor Piotr Gli\u0144ski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and National Heritage, said at the awards ceremony, highlighting the significance of the event.\nThis year marked the eighth presentation of the Benedict the Pole Award.\nThe prize was named after Benedykt Polak, the Franciscan friar who accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine on a mission to Great Khan G\u00fcy\u00fck of the Mongol Empire in 1245\u20131247; the envoys were received by the khan in Karakorum, then the Empire\u2019s capital.\nThe envoys set off from \u0141\u0119czyca, generously equipped for the journey by Duke Konrad I of Masovia and other members of Poland\u2019s political elite.\nAfter returning from a journey of more than two years that covered some 20,000 kilometres on horseback, the envoys presented Pope Innocent IV and European courts with the first-ever detailed account of that part of Asia. It was not until 50 years later that The Travels of Marco Polo appeared in writing.\n\u201cThe mission was both diplomatic and exploratory, demonstrating European cooperation that went beyond the personal partnership of Benedict the Pole and Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. The key political centres of contemporary Europe also contributed directly and significantly to the mission\u2019s success, while various kinds of logistical support were provided by Czech, German, French monks, as well as their Ruthenian and Hungarian colleagues, who also helped to work up the final report,\u201d said Professor Mariusz Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski, Deputy Chair of the Award Chapter and President of the Polish Chapter of the Explorers Club.\nThe Award Chapter was appointed by the Polish Chapter of the Explorers Club, the Urban Municipality of \u0141\u0119czyca, the District of \u0141\u0119czyca, and the Warsaw Scientific Society. 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